פְּעוֹר

Strong’s Definition

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

Etymology & Derivation

from H6473 (פָּעַר); a gap; also H1187 (בַּעַל פְּעוֹר))

KJV Usage

Peor. See also H1047 (בֵּית פְּעוֹר).

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.(n pr loc) a mountain peak in moab belonging to the abarim range and near pisgah
• 2.(n pr deity) a false god worshipped in moab; corresponds to baal

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: Pᵉʻôwr; Pronunciation: peh-ore'

See Also