Dictionaries :: Beth-Peor

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Beth-Peor:

house of Peor; i.e., "temple of Baal-peor", a place in Moab, on the east of Jordan, opposite Jericho. It was in the tribe of Reuben (Jos 13:20; Deu 3:29; 4:46). In the "ravine" or valley over against Beth-peor Moses was probably buried (Deu 34:6).

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Beth-Peor:

house of gaping, or opening

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Beth-Peor:

beth-pe'-or (beth pe‘or; oikos Phogor; in Joshua (Vaticanus), Baithphogor, or beth-):" Over against Beth-peor" the Israelites were encamped, "beyond the Jordan, in the valley," when Moses uttered the speeches recorded in De (De 3:29; 4:46). "In the valley in the land of Moab over against Beth-peor" Moses was buried (De 34:6). Beth-peor and the slopes of Pisgah (the King James Version "Ashdoth-pisgah") are mentioned in close connection in Jos 13:20. According to Eusebius, Onomasticon, Beth-peor was situated near Mt. Peor (Fogor) opposite Jericho, 6 miles above Livias. Mt. Peor is the "top" or "head" of Peor (Nu 23:28). Some height commanding a view of the plain East of the river in the lower Jordan valley is clearly intended, but thus far no identification is possible. "The slopes of Pisgah" are probably the lower slopes of the mountain toward Wady ‘Ayun Musa. Somewhere North of this the summit we are in search of may be found. Conder suggested the cliff at Minyeh, South of Wady Jedeideh, and of Pisgah; and would locate Beth-peor at el-Mareighat, "the smeared things," evidently an ancient place of worship, with a stone circle and standing stones, about 4 miles East, on the same ridge. This seems, however, too far South, and more difficult to reach from Shittim than we should gather from Nu 25:1 ff.

Written by W. Ewing

Nave's Topical Bible

Beth-Peor: A Place in the Territory of the Tribe of Reuben

Deu 3:29; 4:46; 34:6

Beth-Peor: Near the Burial Place of Moses

Jos 13:20