Dictionaries :: Beth-Dagon

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Beth-Dagon:

house of Dagon. (1.) A city in the low country or plain of Judah, near Philistia (Jos 15:41); the modern Beit Degan, about 5 miles from Lydda.

(2.) A city near the south-east border of Asher (Jos 19:27). It was a Philistine colony. It is identical with the modern ruined village of Tell D'auk.

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Beth-Dagon:

the house of corn, or of fish

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Beth-Dagon:

beth-da'-gon (bethdaghon; Bethdagon):

(1) A town in the Shephelah of Judah named with Gederoth, Naamah, and Makkedah (Jos 15:41). It may be represented by the modern Beit Dijan, about 6 miles Southeast of Jaffa. This however is a modern site, and not in the Shephelah. Nearly 2 miles to the south is Khirbet Dajan, a Roman site. The connection in which it occurs leads us to expect a position farther Southeast

(2) A city on the border of Asher (Jos 19:27) which Conder would identify with Tell D'auk, near the mouth of the Belus, in the plan of Acre.

The name seems to have been of frequent occurrence. There is a Beit Dejan about 6 miles East of Nablus, and Josephus speaks of a fortress called Dagon above Jericho (Ant., XII, viii, 1; BJ, I, ii, 3). This would seem to indicate a widespread worship of Dagon. But the name may mean "house of corn."

Written by W. Ewing

Nave's Topical Bible

Beth-Dagon: 1. A City of the Territory of the Tribe of Judah

Jos 15:41

Beth-Dagon: 2. A City of the Territory of the Tribe of Asher

Jos 19:27