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Strong's #1016 - בֵּית־דָּגוֹן

Transliteration

Bêyth-Dâgôwn

Phonetics

bayth-daw-gohn'

Origin

from (H1004) and (H1712)

Parts of Speech

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

Beth-dagon = “house of Dagon”

1) the temple of Dagon in Judah

2) the temple of Dagon in Asher

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

KJV (2)

Joshua 2

NAS (2)

Joshua 2

HCS (2)

Joshua 2

BSB (2)

Joshua 2

ESV (2)

Joshua 2

WEB (2)

Joshua 2

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

בֵּיתדָּֿגוֺן Joshua 15:41, בֵּית דָּגֹן Joshua 19:27 proper name, of a location 1. in Judah ( house, i.e. temple of Dagon; Assyrian Bit-Daganna COT^{Joshua 15:41, & i. p. 281}) Joshua 15:41 (ᵐ5 Βαγαδιηλ, but ᵐ5^L Βηθδαγων) — name appears in modern Beit Dejân, southeast of Jaffa, but location unsuitable, compare Rob^{BR ii. 232.}

2 in Asher Joshua 19:27 (ᵐ5 Βαιθεγενεθ, but ᵐ5^L Βηθδαγων) perhaps = Beit Dejen, near Akko, compare Di. ** Jerome^{opp. (ed. Vallarsl). iii. 38} defines as domus tritici, and says Id.^{ib. 174}): 'sed et usque hodie grandis vicus Capherdago inter Diospolim et Jamnian demonstratur.' [Elsewhere he defines דגון (Id.^{ib. 48}) as 'piscis tristitiae'] (HPS, privately).

List of Word Forms

דָּג֥וֹן דָּגֹן֒ דגון דגן dā·ḡō·wn dā·ḡōn daGon dāḡōn dāḡōwn