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peor

peor


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Easton's  1897  Bible  Dictionary  [easton]: 
 
  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). 
 
 
  From  Hitchcock's  Bible  Names  Dictionary  (late  1800's)  [hitchcock]: 
 
  Peor,  hole;  opening