דָּגוֹן

**oldest tradition (Jerome) seems to waver between דָּג fish and דָּגָן grain, as explanation of דָּגוֺן, see בית. — god of Ashdod, except Dom 16,23 (Gaza) & 1 Kron 10,10 (but compare below); — דגון אֱלֹהֵיהֶם Dom 16,23 compare דגון אֱלֹהֵינוּ 1 Sam 5,7, ׳בֵּית ד1 Sam 5,2; 1 Sam 5,5; 1 Kron 10,10 (here hardly original compare || 1 Sam 31,10 & We Dr); ׳כֹּהֲנֵי ד 1 Sam 5,5, ׳מִפְתַּן ד v1 Sam 5,5 as name of image ׳(אֵצֶל) ד v1 Sam 5,2 v1 Sam 5,3 v1 Sam 5,4, דגון נֹפֵל v1 Sam 5,3 v1 Sam 5,4, נִשְׁאַר עָלָיו ׳רַק ד v1 Sam 5,4 (but sense difficult; We proposes דָּגוֺ only his fish, i.e. fishy part, was left upon him, see also Dr; — but was Dagon a fish-god ? compare works cited above & Scholz^{G-tzendienst 238 ff.}, Baud in PRE^{2 iii. 460 ff.} especially Jen^{Kosmol. 449 ff.}) see בֵּית דָּגוֺן p. III.