Peor פְּעוֹר
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| פְּעוֹר | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | peor |
| Strong's number | H6465 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | place name |
| Gloss | Peor |
| Occurrences | 5 in 4 verses |
| Most frequent in | Numbers (3) |
Peor (Hebrew פְּעוֹר, Strong's H6465) is a place name in the Old Testament, glossed “Peor”. It occurs 5 times.
Definition
§ Peor = "cleft"
a mountain peak in Moab belonging to the Abarim range and near Pisgah
a mountain peak in Moab belonging to the Abarim range and near Pisgah
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | peor (4), peor's (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | peor (5) |
Verses
Every verse with Peor, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Numbers
- Numbers 23:28And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh toward Jeshimon.And Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, which overlooks the wasteland.
- Numbers 25:18For they vex you with their wiles, wherewith they have beguiled you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a prince of Midian, their sister, which was slain in the day of the plague for Peor’s sake.For 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 31:16Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the Lord in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of the Lord.“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
- Joshua 22:17Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we are not cleansed until this day, although there was a plague in the congregation of the Lord,Was 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.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).