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HebrewH1187Noun

בַּ֫עַל פְּעוֹר

ba.al pe.or

5Occurrences
H1187Strong's #
NounPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Baal-Peor, a Moabitish deity

from H1168 (בַּעַל) and H6465 (פְּעוֹר); Baal of Peor;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
Baal-peor = "lord of the gap" the deity worshipped at Peor with probable licentious rites Another name of ba.al (*בַּעַל *"Baal" H1168A)

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun

Morphology Code

N:N-M-T

Full Description

N:N-M-T

Occurrences

בַּ֫עַל פְּעוֹר appears 5 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Numbers
2
Deuteronomy
1
Hosea
1
Psalms
1

Key Passages

Deuteronomy 4:3BSB

Your eyes have seen what the LORD did at Baal-peor, for the LORD your God destroyed from among you all who followed Baal of Peor.

Hosea 9:10BSB

I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness.I saw your fathers as the firstfruitsof the fig tree in its first season.But they went to Baal-peor,and consecrated themselves to Shame;so they became as detestableas the thing they loved.

Numbers 25:3BSB

So Israel joined in worshiping Baal of Peor, and the anger of the LORD burned against them.

Numbers 25:5BSB

So Moses told the judges of Israel, “Each of you must kill all of his men who have joined in worshiping Baal of Peor.”

Psalms 106:28BSB

They yoked themselves to Baal of Peorand ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.