Lexical Definition

‎בֵּית־דָּגוֹן‎ Bêyth-Dâgôwn (bayth-daw-gohn') Beth-dagon ^N:N--L
from ‎בַּיִת‎ and ‎דָּגוֹן‎; house of Dagon

Beth-dagon.

• § Beth-dagon = "house of Dagon"
• Beth-Dagon, the name of two places in Palestine

1) the temple of Dagon in Judah
2) the temple of Dagon in Asher

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎בֵּיתדָּֿגוֺן‎ Josh 15:41, ‎בֵּית דָּגֹן‎ Josh 19:27

proper name, of a location 1. in Judah (house, i.e. temple of Dagon; Assyrian Bit-Daganna COT^{Josh 15:41, & i. p. 281}) Josh 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 Josh 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).

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