Peor (Deity)

A shortened form of the name of the Canaanite god called Baal-peor. It may also refer to the place where this false god was worshipped (Numbers 23:28; 25:3, 5).

See Baal-peor; Canaanite Deities and Religion.

People and places

Baal: Canaanite god, "Lord/God of the Covenant"