Quick Definition
Peor
Biblical Persons & Places
Peor
Peor= near Pisgah (Pisgah@Num.21.20-Jos=H6449)
A location near Pisgah first mentioned at Num.23.28;
only referred to as Peor (פְּעוֹר).
Strong's Definition
Peor, a mountain East of Jordan; Baal Peor, (for a deity worshipped there
Derivation: from H6473 (פָּעַר); a gap; also H1187 (בַּעַל פְּעוֹר))
KJV Usage: Peor. See also H1047 (בֵּית פְּעוֹר).
Outline of Biblical Usage
Peor = "cleft"
n pr loc
1) a mountain peak in Moab belonging to the Abarim range and near Pisgah
n pr deity
2) a false god worshipped in Moab; corresponds to Baal
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
§ Peor = "cleft"
a mountain peak in Moab belonging to the Abarim range and near Pisgah
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
פְּעוֹר
pe‛ôr
BDB Definition:
Peor = cleft
1) a mountain peak in Moab belonging to the Abarim range and near Pisgah (noun proper locative)
2) a false god worshipped in Moab; corresponds to Baal (noun proper deity)
Part of Speech: see above in Definition
Total KJV Occurrences: 5