בַּעַל פְּעוֹר
Baʻal Pᵉʻôwr · bah'-al peh-ore'
Baal-Peor, a Moabitish deity
Lexicon
Derivation: from H1168 (בַּעַל) and H6465 (פְּעוֹר); Baal of Peor;
Baal-Peor, a Moabitish deity
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Baal-peor.
Letters
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the house, what is within › to see and know › authority, the one who leads › to speak, the word › to see and know › to fasten and establish › the head, the highest
The house, what is within that works to see and know of authority, the one who leads that works to speak, the word that works to see and know that works to fasten and establish of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of בַּעַל פְּעוֹר above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
12 occurrences · 12 OT · 0 NT · 8 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- himself unto baalpeor1 · 17%
- unto baalpeor1 · 17%
- because of baalpeor1 · 17%
- baalpeor1 · 17%
- themselves also unto baalpeor1 · 17%
- to baalpeor1 · 17%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.