This is the name of the place Peor: A mountain in Moab associated with idolatry.
Definition
from H6473; a gap; also H1187) Peör, a mountain East of Jordan; Baal Peor, (for a deity worshipped there
Traditional renderings: Peor. See also H1047.
Traditional renderings: Peor. See also H1047.
Glossary entries
Where it occurs
Occurrences
5 total
- Numbers 23:28הַפְּע֔וֹר · of PeorAnd Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, which overlooks the wasteland.
- Numbers 25:18 (2×)פְּע֑וֹר · of Peor; פְּעֽוֹר׃ · PeorFor they assailed you deceitfully when they seduced you in the matter of Peor and their sister Cozbi, the daughter of the Midianite leader, the woman who was killed on the day the plague came because of Peor.”
- Numbers 31:16פְּע֑וֹר · Peor“Look, these women caused the sons of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to turn unfaithfully against the LORD at Peor, so that the plague struck the congregation of the LORD.
- Joshua 22:17פְּע֔וֹר · of PeorWas not the sin of Peor enough for us, from which we have not cleansed ourselves to this day? It even brought a plague upon the congregation of the LORD.