Baal-peor lord of the opening, a god of the Moabites (Numbers 25:3; Numbers 1:31; Joshua 22:17), worshipped by obscene rites. So called from Mount Peor, where this worship was celebrated, the Baal of Peor. The Israelites fell into the worship of this idol (Numbers 25:3, Numbers 1:25, Numbers 1:25; Deuteronomy 4:3; Psalms 106:28; Hosea 9:10).