Beth-dagon — the meaning of the Hebrew name בֵּית־דָּגוֹן

בֵּית־דָּגוֹן

Bêyth-Dâgôwn · pronounced bayth-daw-gohn' · Strong's H1016 · a place

Beth-dagon means house of Dagon.

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בַּיִת bayith (from, H1004) — a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.) open in the lexicon ›

דָּגוֹן Dâgôwn (and, H1712) — the fish-god open in the lexicon ›

from H1004 and H1712; house of Dagon; Beth-Dagon, the name of two places in Palestine.

Josh 15:41 And Gederoth, Beth–dagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen cities with their villages: (KJV)

2 occurrences in 2 verses — Joshua

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Definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); occurrences from the Westminster Leningrad Codex via Hebrew Explorer's interlinear.