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בֵּית־דָּגוֹן
Beth-dagon
§ Beth-dagon = "house of Dagon" the temple of Dagon in Judah
Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry
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 COTJosh 15:41, & i. p. 281) Josh 15:41 (ᵐ5 Βαγαδιηλ, but ᵐ5L Βηθδαγων) — name appears in modern Beit Dejân, southeast of Jaffa, but location unsuitable, compare RobBR ii. 232.
2. in Asher Josh 19:27 (ᵐ5 Βαιθεγενεθ, but ᵐ5L Βηθδαγων) perhaps = Beit Dejen, near Akko, compare Di.
**Jeromeopp. (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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