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בֵּית־דָּגוֹן
Beth-Dagon
bayth-daw-gohn'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Bêyth-Dâgôwn
“Beth-Dagon, the name of two places in Palestine”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Beth-Dagon, the name of two places in Palestine
Rendered in the KJV as
Beth-dagon.
- 4occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 1 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 4inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 4 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 4
- בֵּ֣ית1
- בֵּית־1
- דָּג֥וֹן1
- דָּגֹן֒1
How it is rendered · 2
- Beth2
- Dagon2
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 1
- proper noun (a name)4
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- HNpl · 4
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The ledger of occurrences
Joshua4 occurrences
- Joshua 15:41בֵּית־beit-proper noun (a name)Gederoth, Beth-dagon, Naamah, and Makkedah—sixteen cities, along with their villages.here: Beth
- Joshua 15:41דָּג֥וֹןdagonproper noun (a name)Gederoth, Beth-dagon, Naamah, and Makkedah—sixteen cities, along with their villages.here: Dagon
- Joshua 19:27בֵּ֣יתbeitproper noun (a name)then turned eastward toward Beth-dagon, touched Zebulun and the Valley of Iphtah-el, and went north to Beth-emek and Neiel, passing Cabul on the left.here: Beth
- Joshua 19:27דָּגֹן֒dagonproper noun (a name)then turned eastward toward Beth-dagon, touched Zebulun and the Valley of Iphtah-el, and went north to Beth-emek and Neiel, passing Cabul on the left.here: Dagon