Peor — the meaning of the Hebrew name פְּעוֹר

פְּעוֹר

Pᵉʻôwr · pronounced peh-ore' · Strong's H6465 · a people

Peor means a gap.

Built from

פָּעַר pâʻar (from, H6473) — to yawn, i.e. open wide (literally or figuratively) open in the lexicon ›

בַּעַל פְּעוֹר Baʻal Pᵉʻôwr (also, H1187) — Baal of Peor open in the lexicon ›

בֵּית פְּעוֹר Bêyth Pᵉʻôwr (see also, H1047) — house of Peor open in the lexicon ›

from H6473; a gap; also H1187); Peör, a mountain East of Jordan; Baal Peor, (for a deity worshipped there.

Num 23:28 And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh toward Jeshimon. (KJV)

4 occurrences in 4 verses — Numbers, Joshua

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Definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); occurrences from the Westminster Leningrad Codex via Hebrew Explorer's interlinear.