פְּעוֹר
Pᵉʻôwr · peh-ore'
Peor, a mountain East of Jordan; Baal Peor, (for a deity worshipped there
Lexicon
Derivation: from H6473 (פָּעַר); a gap; also H1187 (בַּעַל פְּעוֹר))
Peor, a mountain East of Jordan; Baal Peor, (for a deity worshipped there
- Peor, a mountain East of Jordan
- Baal Peor, (for a deity worshipped there
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Peor. See also H1047 (בֵּית פְּעוֹר).
Letters
- 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)
to speak, the word › to see and know › to fasten and establish › the head, the highest
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 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
5 occurrences · 5 OT · 0 NT · 4 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of peor4 · 80%
- for peor's1 · 20%
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.