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pē´or (הפּעור, ha-pe‛oÌ„r; ΦογωÌÏ, PhogoÌ„Ìr):
(1) A mountain in the land of Moab, the last of the three heights to which Balaam was guided by Balak in order that he might curse Israel (). It is placed by Eusebius, Onomasticon on the way between Livias and Heshbon, 7 Roman miles from the latter. Buhl would identify it with Jebel el-Mashaḳḳar, on which are the ruins of an old town, between Wâdy A‛yūn Mūsa and Wâdy Ḥesbān.
(2) A town in the Judean uplands added by Septuagint (ΦαγωÌÏ, PhagoÌ„Ìr) to the list in . It may be identical with Khirbet FaÌ„ghuÌ„r to the South of Bethlehem.
(3) Peor, in ; ; , is a divine name standing for “Baal-peor.â€
(4) In , Septuagint reads Phogor for “Pau†(Massoretic Text), which in appears as “Pai.â€