PEOR
A mountain of Moab, from which Balaam surveyed the camp of Israel, Num 23:28 . It probably lay a few miles northeast of the Dead Sea, but is not now recognized. This name and vicinity are also associated with an idol of the Moabites, Deu 4:8 . See BAAL.
Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary
Peor
(Heb. Peor i’, , cleft, always with the art. when speaking of the mountain, but without it of the idol; Sept. ), the name of a hill and of a heathen deity; perhaps also of a town.
1. A mountain on the plateau of Moab, to the top of which Balak led Balaam that he might see the whole host of Israel and curse them (Num 23:28). It appears to have been one of the ancient high places of Moab dedicated to the service of Baal (Num 22:41; Num 23:13; Num 23:27). Its position is described as looking to the face of Jeshimon; that is, the wilderness on either side of the Dead Sea. SEE DESERT.
If it were in sight of the Arabah of Moab, on the east bank of the Jordan, where the Israelites were then encamped, it must have been one of those peaks on the western brow of the plateau which are seen between Heshbon and the banks of the Arnon (comp. Josephus, Ant. 4:6,4). Two other incidental notices of the sacred writers tend to fix its position. There can be little doubt that it was connected with the town of Beth-Peor, which is described as over against the site of the Israelitish camp (Deu 3:29; comp. 34:6). SEE BETH-PEOR.
Josephus says it was sixty stadia distant from the camp (Ant. 4:6, 4); Eusebius states that it lay above Livias (the ancient Beth-aran), six miles distant from it, and opposite Jericho; and Jerome mentions Mount Phogor as situated between Livias and Heshbon (Onomast. s.v. Fogor and Araboth Moab). It would seem, therefore, that this mountain was one of those peaks on the south side of Wady Heshbon commanding the Jordan valley. A place named Fuichatr(h is mentioned in the list of towns south of Es-Salt in the appendix to the first edition of Dr. Robinson’s Bib. Res. (vol. iii, Append. p. 169), and this is placed by Van de Velde at the head of the Wady Eshteh, eight miles north-east of Hesban. Professor Paine, however, recently contends that it is one of the summits of the present Jebel Neba. SEE PISGAH.
2. The matter of Peor ( 8) mentioned in Num 25:18; Num 31:16; and the iniquity of Peor ( 8), spoken of by Joshua (Jos 22:17), refer to the Midianitish deity Baal-peor, and not to the mountain. By following the counsels of Balaam, the Midianites seduced the Israelites to take part in their worship, and the licentious revels by which it appears to have been accompanied; and thus they brought upon them the divine vengeance (Num 31:16; Num 25:1 sq.). The temple or shrine of Baal-peor probably stood on the top of the mountain; and the town of Beth-peor may have been situated at its base. Gesenius (Thesaur. p. 1119 a) gives it as his opinion that Baal-peor derived its name from the mountain, not the mountain from him. SEE BAAL-PEOR.
3. A Peor, under its Greek garb of , appears among the eleven names added by the Sept. to the list of the allotment to Judah, between Bethlehem and Aitan (Etham). It was known to Eusebius and Jerome, and is mentioned by the latter in his translation of the Onomasticon as Phaoa. It probably still exists under the name of Beit Faghur or Kirbet Faghur, five miles south-west of Bethlehem, barely a mile to the left of the road from Hebron (Reland, Palaest. p. 643; Robinson, Bib. Res. 3:275; Tobler, Dritte Wanderung, p. 92).
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Peor
opening. (1.) A mountain peak (Num. 23:28) to which Balak led Balaam as a last effort to induce him to pronounce a curse upon Israel. When he looked on the tribes encamped in the acacia groves below him, he could not refrain from giving utterance to a remarkable benediction (24:1-9). Balak was more than ever enraged at Balaam, and bade him flee for his life. But before he went he gave expression to that wonderful prediction regarding the future of this mysterious people, whose “goodly tents” were spread out before him, and the coming of a “Star” out of Jacob and a “Sceptre” out of Israel (24:14-17).
(2.) A Moabite divinity, called also “Baal-peor” (Num. 25:3, 5, 18; comp. Deut. 3:29).
Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Peor
The mountain top to which Balak brought Balaam, for his last conjurations, from the lower Pisgah on its S. (Num 23:28.) A little to the N.E. of the Dead Sea. Bethpeer adjoined the “ravine” (gai) connected with Israel’s camp and Moses’ burial place (Deu 3:29; Deu 4:46; Deu 34:6). The ravine of Bethpeor was that which runs down from near Heshbon eastward past Beth-ram; at its upper end are a town’s ruins, Naur or Taur. “The Peor” faced Jeshimon. (On Peor, contracted for Baalpeor Num 25:18; Num 31:16; Jos 22:17). (See BAALPEOR).)
Fuente: Fausset’s Bible Dictionary
Peor
PEOR.1. A mountain E. of the Jordan to which Balak led Balaam (Num 23:28). It looked down upon the desert. The Onomasticon (s.v. Fogor) places it 7 miles from Heshbon, above Livias, one of the heights of the Nebo group. Conder suggests for it the peak above Ain el-Minyeh, about 5 miles W. of Man. Buhl (GAP [Note: AP Geographie des alten Paiastina.] ) thinks it may be et-Mushakkar, flanked by Wdy Hesbn and Wdy Ayn Msa. 2. In Num 25:18; Num 31:16, Jos 22:17, Peor is the god Baal-Peor. 3. LXX [Note: Septuagint.] places a Peor (Phagor) in Judah not far from Bethlehem, which is evidently the modern Khirbel Faghr, to the S. of the town.
W. Ewing.
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
Peor
The word means opening, from Pahar. See Baal-Peor
Fuente: The Poor Mans Concordance and Dictionary to the Sacred Scriptures
Peor
peor (, ha-peor; , Phogor):
(1) A mountain in the land of Moab, the last of the three heights to which Balaam was guided by Balak in order that he might curse Israel (Num 23:28). It is placed by Eusebius, Onomasticon on the way between Livias and Heshbon, 7 Roman miles from the latter. Buhl would identify it with Jebel el-Mashakkar, on which are the ruins of an old town, between Wady Ayun Musa and Wady Hesban.
(2) A town in the Judean uplands added by Septuagint (, Phagor) to the list in Jos 15:9. It may be identical with Khirbet Faghur to the South of Bethlehem.
(3) Peor, in Num 25:18; Num 31:16; Jos 22:17, is a divine name standing for Baal-peor.
(4) In Gen 36:39, Septuagint reads Phogor for Pau (Massoretic Text), which in 1Ch 1:50 appears as Pai.
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Peor
Peor, 1
Peor, a mountain in the land of Moab (Num 23:28). Eusebius places it between Livias and Esbus, over against Jericho; which shows that it was not supposed to be east of the Dead Sea as usually stated. It has not in modern times been recognized.
Peor, 2
Peor, an idol. [BAAL PEOR]
Fuente: Popular Cyclopedia Biblical Literature
Peor
[Peor’]
1. A peak in the mountain range of Moab, to which Balaam was taken to curse Israel. It ‘looked toward’ or was ‘opposite’ Jeshimon; but it cannot be identified. Num 23:28.
2. A contraction of BAAL-PEOR: it refers to the fornication and idolatry of the Israelites in connection with the Midianites. Num 25:18; Num 31:16; Jos 22:17.
Fuente: Concise Bible Dictionary
Peor
H6465
A mountain in Moab. Balak builds altars on.
Num 23:28-30
Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible
Peor
Peor. Num 23:28. See Pisgah.
Fuente: People’s Dictionary of the Bible
Peor
Pe’or. (cleft). A mountain peak in Moab, belonging to the Abarim range, and near Pisgah, to which, after having ascended Pisgah, the prophet Balaam was conducted by Balak, that he might look upon the whole host of Israel, and curse them. Num 23:14; Num 23:28 . In four passages — Num 25:18, twice; Num 31:16; Jos 22:17 — Peor occurs as a contraction for Baal-peor. See Baal).
Fuente: Smith’s Bible Dictionary
PEOR
Num 23:28; Num 25:18; Jos 22:17