Dagon


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Da·gon

(dā′gŏn′)
n. Mythology
A god widely worshipped by the Mesopotamians, Amorites, Phoenicians, and other peoples of the ancient Near East and often associated with grain, agriculture, and storms. In the Bible, he is presented as the chief god of the Philistines, and traditions dating from the first half of the first millennium ad depict him in the form of a merman.

[Hebrew dāgôn, of Phoenician origin; see dgn in Semitic roots.]
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Dagon

(ˈdeɪɡɒn)
n
(Bible) Bible a god worshipped by the Philistines, represented as half man and half fish
[C14: via Latin and Greek from Hebrew Dāgōn, literally: little fish]
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Noun 1. Dagon - god of agriculture and the earth; national god of Philistines
Philistia - an ancient region on the coast of southwestern Palestine that was strategically located on a trade route between Syria and Egypt; important in biblical times
Phenicia, Phoenicia - an ancient maritime country (a collection of city states) at eastern end of the Mediterranean
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In fact, placed before the strict and piercing truth, this whole story will fare like that fish, flesh, and fowl idol of the Philistines, Dagon by name; who being planted before the ark of Israel, his horse's head and both the palms of his hands fell off from him, and only the stump or fishy part of him remained.
Next came one Who mourn'd in earnest, when the Captive Ark Maim'd his brute Image, head and hands lopt off In his own Temple, on the grunsel edge, Where he fell flat, and sham'd his Worshipers: DAGON his Name, Sea Monster, upward Man And downward Fish: yet had his Temple high Rear'd in AZOTUS, dreaded through the Coast Of PALESTINE, in GATH and ASCALON, And ACCARON and GAZA's frontier bounds.
Casaubon's entirely new view of the Philistine god Dagon and other fish-deities, thinking that hereafter she should see this subject which touched him so nearly from the same high ground whence doubtless it had become so important to him.
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According to sources from Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications, the project will be executed in two parts, the first part will be Hlinetharyar in west Yangon-South Dagon in east Yangon and Toegyaungalay and the second part will be Dala in north Yangon-Yangon Central Station-Mingaladon Airport.
Noted for their religiosity, the Philistines worshipped a god of grain (Dagon), a god of propagation (Ashtaroth) and a god of habitation (Baal-zebub).
Many of Lovecraft's short stories openly featured the war, such as "Dagon" (1919) and "The Temple" (1925), whose plots are driven by U-boat raids, or "Herbert West--Reanimator" (1922), whose mad scientist brings an assistant to Europe to recover corpses from the war.
This comes after Klovern announced on 27 May 2019 that the company, through its indirectly wholly-owned subsidiary Dagon Sverige AB, had subscribed for shares in Tobin Properties AB through a share issue with pre-emption rights for existing shareholders.
Daljeet Dagon, national programme manager for CSE for Barnardo's Scotland, said perpetrators of CSE use flattery and isolation to control their victims, and that it's vital for those around them to spot the signs.
The Philistines took it to Ashdod and placed it next to a statue of their god, Dagon.
Daljeet Dagon, from Barnardo's Scotland, said: "Our hotline will provide a safe and secure means for workers in the night-time economy and the public to share any worries or concerns they have.