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    Dagon

    DAY-gon

    Hebrew/Semitic
    Boy
    In the King James Bible
    Meaning
    Grain; Fish
    Origin
    Hebrew/Semitic
    Is it in the Bible?
    Yes — Dagon appears in the King James Bible, including 1 Samuel 5:3-4.
    First appears in
    Judges — Conquest and judges
    Peak US usage
    No recorded United States usage in the 1880–2008 records
    Spiritual meaning
    Dagon demonstrates that every idol falls before the true God — no false god can stand in the presence of the LORD.
    King James verses
    • 1 Samuel 5:3-4

      "And when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the earth before the ark of the LORD."

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