פְּעוֹר
peor · Peor
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H6465 · appears 5 times in the Bible
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peor (פְּעוֹר) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Peor”.
A mountain east of the Jordan; also the god worshiped there, Baal-peor. The name means "opening."
How to say it
pe·or
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
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Where it appears
- Numbers 23:28
So Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, which looks down on the wasteland.
- Numbers 25:18
for they are harassing you with their deceptions with which they deceived you in the matter of Peor and in the matter of Cozbi, daughter of a chief of Midian, their sister, who was struck on the day of the plague on account of Peor.”
- Numbers 31:16
Look, they were, for the sons of Israel, by the word of Balaam, the cause of committing unfaithfulness against YHWH in the matter of Peor, and the plague came on the community of YHWH.
- Joshua 22:17
Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we have not cleansed ourselves to this day, and for which the plague came on the community of YHWH?
And 1 more times.