Crossword-Solution: DAGON
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Dagon | - | The national god of the Philistines, represented with the face and hands and upper part of a man, and the tail of a fish. |
| Dagon | n. | A slip or piece. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| DAGON | anagram | ANDGO, DONGA, GANDO, GOAND, GONAD, GONDA |
We have 9 clues for the answer “DAGON”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Chief god of the Philistines. | 1 answer |
| Fish god worshiped at Gaza. | 1 answer |
| Half-man and half-fish diety | 1 answer |
| PHILISTINE national deity | 1 answer |
| Philistine deity | 1 answer |
| Philistine god | 1 answer |
| Principal Philistine deity. | 1 answer |
| Principal deity of the Philistines. | 1 answer |
| national god of Philistines | 1 answer |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
RTEAE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with DAGON (5)
Next came one Who mourn’d in earnest, when the Captive Ark Maim’d his brute Image, head and hands lopt off In his own Temple, on the grunsel edge, Where he fell flat, and sham’d his Worshipers: _Dagon_ his Name, Sea Monster, upward Man And downward Fish: yet had his Temple high Rear’d in _Azotus_, dreaded through the Coast Of _Palestine_, in _Gath_ and _Ascalon_, And _Accaron_ and _Gaza’s_ frontier bounds.
Nay, frown not, I am but a Pagan, Yet little for these things I care; 'Tis the hymn to our deity Dagon That comes with the pleasant night air.
RANGOON Hail, Mother! Do they call me rich in trade? Little care I, but hear the shorn priest drone, And watch my silk-clad lovers, man by maid, Laugh 'neath my Shwe Dagon.
But, mind you, Bummkopf is not human; he is Dagon the fish god, and down he will come, sprawling on his belly or his behind, with his hands broken from his helpless carcase, and his head rolling off into a corner.
Blaze!’ he cried, ‘blaze, derided city! Fall, flatulent monarchy, fall like Dagon!’ With these words his foot slipped upon the lead; and but for Somerset’s quickness, he had been instantly precipitated into space.
Quotes with DAGON (3)
Father, I do acknowledge and confess That I this honor, I this pomp have brought To Dagon, and advanc’d his praises highamong the Heathen round; to God have brought Dishonor, obloquy, and op’d the mouths Of Idolists, and Atheists[…]The anguish of my Soul, that suffers not Mine eye to harbor sleep, or thoughts to rest. This only hope relieves me, that the strife With mee hath end.
You, child, do not deserve the gift of Undeath bestowed upon you. Oh yes, I hear reports of your works and deeds. I am like the Lord God, counting the sparrows from my throne. I number all the birds and bees in my realm. "Six years you’ve spent in Dagon’s service, and for what? You’re as weak as a newborn, as frightened as a lycan pup. You do not fight our enemies, nor contribute to our cause, nor enrich our coffers. You do not deserve a nanorian. I shall pry it from your hea…
Elohim was, in logical terminology, the genus of which ghosts, Chemosh, Dagon, Baal, and Jahveh were species. The Israelite believed Jahveh to be immeasurably superior to all other kinds of Elohim. The inscription on the Moabite stone shows that King Mesa held Chemosh to be, as unquestionably, the superior of Jahveh.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Crossroads, NYT.
Used 9 times in crossword archives (1942–2005).