Definition of Daon

Definition of Daon

Dagon, the national god of the Philistines, represented as half-man, sometimes half-woman, and half-fish; appears to have been a symbol to his worshippers of the fertilising power of nature, familiar to them in the fruitfulness of the sea.

- Wikipedia

Da"gon (dā"g&obreve;n), [Heb. Dāgon, fr. dag a fish: cf. Gr. Dagw`n.] 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.

Dag"on (dăg"&obreve;n), n. [See Dag a loose end.] A slip or piece. [Obs.] Chaucer.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

The main god of the Phoenicians represented as half man and half fish.

- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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