Pᵉʻôwr — H6465

Definition

locative proper noun

Peor, a mountain East of Jordan; Baal Peor, (for a deity worshipped there

1. Peor = "cleft"
2. n pr loc
3. a mountain peak in Moab belonging to the Abarim range and near Pisgah
4. n pr deity
5. a false god worshipped in Moab; corresponds to Baal

Usually translated as

Peor

Origin

from H6473; a gap; also H1187)

• Derived from Pâʻar (H6473)
• Derived from Baʻal Pᵉʻôwr (H1187)

Occurrences

Pᵉʻôwr occurs 5 times in 4 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Numbers (3), Joshua (1)

• Numbers 23:28 — And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor (הַפְּע֔וֹר), that looketh toward Jeshimon.
• Numbers 25:18 — For they vex you with their wiles, wherewith they have beguiled you in the matter of Peor (פְּע֑וֹר), and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a prince of Midian, their sister, which was slain in the day of the plague for Peor’s sake.
• Numbers 25:18 — For they vex you with their wiles, wherewith they have beguiled you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a prince of Midian, their sister, which was slain in the day of the plague for Peor’s sake (פְּעֽוֹר).
• Numbers 31:16 — Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the LORD in the matter of Peor (פְּע֑וֹר), and there was a plague among the congregation of the LORD.
• Joshua 22:17 — Is the iniquity of Peor (פְּע֔וֹר) too little for us, from which we are not cleansed until this day, although there was a plague in the congregation of the LORD,