baalpeor

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baalpeor - Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary :

  Baal-peor
  lord of the opening, a god of the Moabites (Num. 25:3; 31:16;
  Josh. 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 (Num. 25:3, 5, 18;
  Deut. 4:3; Ps. 106:28; Hos. 9:10).