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Dagon

1910 New Catholic Dictionary

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A Semitic deity adopted by the Philistines as their national god. The upper part of his body was human, the lower half fish-like; the foremost deity of such maritime cities as Azotus, Gaza, Ascalon, and Arvad, where temples were built in his honor.

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Entry for 'Dagon'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ncd/​d/dagon.html. 1910.
 
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