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
פְּעוֹר (pe.or) — Peor.
§ Peor = "cleft" a mountain peak in Moab belonging to the Abarim range and near Pisgah
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
פְּעוֹר n.pr. mont. in Moab
dei (appar.)
base