Da·gon  The national god of the Philistines, represented with the face and hands and upper part of a man, and the tail of a fish.
 This day a solemn feast the people hold
 To Dagon, their sea idol.   --Milton.
    They brought it into the house of Dagon.   --1 Sam. v. 2.


 Dag·on n.  A slip or piece. [Obs.]

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 Dagon
      n : god of agriculture and the earth; national god of
          Philistines


 Dagon
    little fish; diminutive from dag = a fish, the fish-god; the
    national god of the Philistines (Judg. 16:23). This idol had the
    body of a fish with the head and hands of a man. It was an
    Assyrio-Babylonian deity, the worship of which was introduced
    among the Philistines through Chaldea. The most famous of the
    temples of Dagon were at Gaza (Judg. 16:23-30) and Ashdod (1
    Sam. 5:1-7). (See FISH.)



 Dagon, corn; a fish