Baal of Peor
בַּ֫עַל פְּעוֹרStrong’s H1187baal peor (ba-al pe-or)
Appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Baal peor is the Hebrew word usually translated “peor”, “baal” and “at baal”. It appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament.
“And Israel joined himself unto Baalpeor: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel.”
Meaning
- Baal-peor = "lord of the gap"
How it's translated
- peor 6
- to baal 3
- baal 2
- at baal 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Numbers 2
- Deuteronomy 1
- Psalms 1
- Hosea 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Numbers 25:5And Moses said unto the judges of Israel, Slay ye every one his men that were joined unto Baalpeor.
- Deuteronomy 4:3Your eyes have seen what the LORD did because of Baalpeor: for all the men that followed Baalpeor, the LORD thy God hath destroyed them from among you.
- Psalms 106:28They joined themselves also unto Baalpeor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.
- Hosea 9:10I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers as the firstripe in the fig tree at her first time: but they went to Baalpeor, and separated themselves unto that shame; and their abominations were according as they loved.
Hebrew dictionary
בַּ֫עַל פְּעוֹר baal peor · 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)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “baal” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
BA'AL, noun
An idol among the ancient Chaldeans and Syrians, representing the sun. The word signifies also lord, or commander; and the character of the idol was varied by different nations, at different times. Thus baal Berith is supposed to signify the Lord of the Covenant; baal Peor, or rather baal Phegor, the Lord of the dead. Ps. cvi, baal Zebub, the god of flies, etc.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.