How to Pronounce Beth-Peor
behth-PEE-awr
Beth-Peor is pronounced behth-PEE-awr (ˌbɛθˈpiːɔː): three syllables, stress on the second. Also heard: beth-PEE-or.
What does Beth-Peor mean?
Beth-Peor means “house of Peor” (Hebrew).
Where was Beth-Peor?
Bethpeor, written as one word in the KJV, was a site in Moab in whose valley Moses was buried, 'but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day' (Deuteronomy 34:6). Israel abode in that same valley when Moses set the statutes and judgments before them, and the town later fell within the inheritance of Reuben (Deuteronomy 3:29, Joshua 13:20).
Also pronounced
beth-PEE-or
Found in Scripture
Other names from Deuteronomy
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