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BAAL-PEOR

Volume 4 · 47 words · 1860 Edition

Baal-phegor, or Beel-phegor, an idol of the Moabites and Midianites. Baal-peor is identified by Jerome with Priapus; by Selden, again, with Pluto—which he grounds upon these words of the Psalmist, "They joined themselves unto Baal-peor, and ate the offerings of the dead;" and by others, with Chemosh.