Dagon

//ˈdeɪ.ɡɒn// name

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  1. 1
    The main god of the Phoenicians. Although at one time believed to be represented as half man and half fish, modern scholarship recognizes that the latter was the apkallu, while Dagan/Dagon was a grain god.

    "When the Philistines tooke the Arke of God, they brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon."

  2. 2
    Former name of Yangon.

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baalmoloch

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"When the Philistines tooke the Arke of God, they brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon."

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew דגון.

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