{"def":{"lit":"cleft","short":"Peor, a mountain East of Jordan in Moab; Baal Peor, (for H1187) a deity worshipped there","long":["(n pr loc) a mountain peak in Moab belonging to the Abarim range and near Pisgah","(n pr deity) a false god worshipped in Moab; corresponds to Baal"]},"deriv":"from H6473; a gap; (also H1187)","pronun":{"ipa":"pɛ̆ˈʕor","ipa_mod":"pɛ̆ˈʕo̞wʁ","sbl":"pĕʿôr","dic":"peh-ORE","dic_mod":"peh-ORE"},"see":["H1047"],"comment":"Through the counsel of Balaam, the Moabites seduced the children of Israel into committing grievous sins with the women of Moab in the worship of Baal-Peor. Therefore, Peor is associated with this sin. See Numbers 25."}