H1187

בַּ֫עַל פְּעוֹר

ba.al pe.orN:N-M-T

Baal of Peor

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

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

בַּ֫עַל פְּעוֺר proper name, masculine Num 25:3; Num 25:5; Deut 4:3 (twice in verse); Ps 106:28; Hos 9:10, Baal of Peor (VB) i.e. worshipped at פְּעוֺר q. v.; or Baal-P. (whence Peor as proper name, of a location); compare Di Num 25:3 BaudStud. ii. 233 BaeRel 14, 210.


5 occurrences

Numbers (2), Deuteronomy (1), Psalms (1), Hosea (1)