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Strong's #6465 - פְּעוֹר

Transliteration

Pᵉʻôwr

Phonetics

peh-ore'

Root Word (Etymology)

from (H6473);

Parts of Speech

proper noun

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

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)

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

KJV (5)

Numbers 4

Joshua 1

NAS (5)

Numbers 4

Joshua 1

HCS (5)

Numbers 4

Joshua 1

BSB (5)

Numbers 4

Joshua 1

ESV (5)

Numbers 4

Joshua 1

WEB (5)

Numbers 4

Joshua 1

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

מְּעוֺר proper name Φογωρ:

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.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

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.

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List of Word Forms

הַפְּע֔וֹר הפעור פְּע֑וֹר פְּע֔וֹר פְּעֽוֹר׃ פעור פעור׃ hap·pə·‘ō·wr happə‘ōwr happeor pə‘ōwr pə·‘ō·wr peor