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(Heb. Beyth Peor', áֵּéú ôִּòåֹø , house of Peor, i.e. temple of Baal-Peor; Sept. ïú v êïò Öïãώñ , but in Joshua Âçèöïãώñ or Âáéèöïãώñ ), a place in Moab, no doubt dedicated to the god Baal-peor, on the east of Jordan; according to Eusebius and Jerome (Onomast. s.v. Âåèöïãüñ , Bethfogo), it lay opposite Jericho, and six miles above Livias or Beth-haran. It was in the possession of the tribe of Reuben (Jos_13:20). In the Pentateuch the name occurs in a formula by which one of the last halting-places of the children of Israel is designated — “the ravine ( äִâִּàְé ) over against ( îåּì ) Beth-peor” (Deu_3:29; Deu_4:46). In this ravine Moses was probably buried (Deu_34:6). It appears to have been situated on the slope of the eminence (Nebo or Peer), about half way between Heshbon and the north end of the Dead Sea.
Here, as in other cases, the Beth- may be a Hebrew substitution for Baal-, or the name may be an abbreviation of Baal-peor (q.v.).