King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H6465
Transliteration: Peor
Phonetic Spelling: (peh-ore')
Part of Speech: proper name; mont.
Short Definition: a mountain in Moab, also a god worshiped there
Meaning: Peor -- a mountain in Moab, also a god worshiped there
Word Summary
Peor: a mountain in Moab, also a god worshiped there
Original Word: פְעוֹרTransliteration: Peor
Phonetic Spelling: (peh-ore')
Part of Speech: proper name; mont.
Short Definition: a mountain in Moab, also a god worshiped there
Meaning: Peor -- a mountain in Moab, also a god worshiped there
Strong's Concordance
Peor From pa'ar; a gap; Peor, a mountain East of Jordan; also (for Ba'al p'owr) a deity worshipped there -- Peor. See also Beyth p'owr.
see HEBREW pa'ar
see HEBREW Ba'al p'owr
see HEBREW Beyth p'owr
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H6465. Peor
מְּעוֺר proper name Φογωρ:
1. mont. in Moab (apparently from some √ פעֿר); — Numbers 23:28 compare (פ ׳בַּעַל פ, ׳בֵּית and references; also) BuhlGeogr.122 DrDeuteronomy 3:29; [ᵐ5 Joshua 15:59a [60] gives a Φαγωρ with Bethlehem; see also ᵐ5 for מָּ֑עִי מָּ֑עוּ,]. 2. dei (apparently) Numbers 25:18 (twice in verse) (compare פ ׳בַּעַל 25:3; 25:5), 31:16; Joshua 22:17.