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Strong's #6465 - פְּעוֹר
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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)
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1. mont. in Moab (apparently from some √ פעֿר); — Numbers 23:28 compare (׳בֵּית פ, ׳בַּעַל פ and references; also) Buhl Geogr.122 Dr Deuteronomy 3:29; [ᵐ5 Joshua 15:59a [60] gives a Φαγωρ with Bethlehem; see also ᵐ5 for מָּ֑עוּ, מָּ֑עִי]. 2. dei (apparently) Numbers 25:18 (twice in verse) (compare ׳בַּעַל פ Numbers 25:3; Numbers 25:5), Numbers 31:16; Joshua 22:17.
פְּעוֹר (“hiatus”), [Peor], pr.n. of a mountain, Numbers 23:28. Hence בַּעַל פְּעוֹר Numbers 25:3, Numbers 25:5 and simply פְּעוֹר Numbers 23:28, 31:16 Joshua 22:17, an idol of the Moabites, in whose worship women prostituted themselves. Compare בֵּית פְּעוֹר.