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    Dagon

    DAY-gon

    Meaning

    Grain; Fish

    Hebrew/Semitic origin · Boy · First in Judges

    What it points to

    Dagon demonstrates that every idol falls before the true God — no false god can stand in the presence of the LORD.

    Verse · King James Version

    “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.”

    1 Samuel 5:3-4

    biblesundays.com · King James Version

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