Bible Encyclopedias
Dagon

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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.

Bibliography Information
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Dagon'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​d/dagon.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.