Da″gon (dā″gŏn), [Heb. Dāgon, fr. dag a fish: cf. Gr. Δαγών.] The national god of the Philistines, represented with the face and hands and upper part of a man, and the tail of a fish. W. Smith.
This day a solemn feast the people hold
To Dagon, their sea idol. Milton.
They brought it into the house of Dagon. 1 Sam. v. 2.