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Belphegor (or Baal Peor, Hebrew: בַּעַל-פְּעוֹר baʿal-pəʿōr – “Lord of the Gap”) is, in the Abrahamic religions, a demon associated with one of the seven deadly sins. According to religious tradition, he helps people make discoveries. He seduces people by proposing incredible inventions that will make them rich.
Peor (Hebrew: פְּעוֹר , Modern: Peʿōr, Tiberian: Pŏʿōr, Biblical: Paġor) meaning "opening", may refer to: . The name of a mountain peak, mentioned in Numbers 23:28, to which Balak, king of Moab led Balaam in his fourth and final attempt to induce Balaam to pronounce a curse upon the Israelites as they were passing through Balak's Land to the Promised Land.
Baal-hanan – Ba'al is gracious Baal-hermon – lord of destruction / of a cursed-thing Baali – my lord; lord over me Baalim – lords; masters; (later Jewish use: false gods) Baalis – a rejoicing/proud lord Baal-meon – lord/master of the house Baal-Peor – master of Peor; master of the opening Baal-perazim – lord of divisions
The spelling of the English term "Baal" derives from the Greek Báal (Βάαλ) which appears in the New Testament [16] and Septuagint, [17] and from its Latinized form Baal, which appears in the Vulgate. [17] These forms in turn derive from the vowel-less Northwest Semitic form BʿL (Phoenician and Punic: 𐤁𐤏𐤋). [18]
Baal (demon), a Christian demon, loosely identified with the Canaanite god; Baal Peor, a Canaanite deity; Baal-berith, worshiped in ancient Canaan; Baal-zebub or Beelzebub, a demon in some Abrahamic religions; Hadad, a Canaanite deity commonly known as Baal or Ba'lu; Baal Hammon, chief god of Ancient Carthage
According to Yehezkel Kaufmann, "Baal-berith and El-berith of Judges 9:4,46 is presumably YHWH", as "ba'al was an epithet of YHWH in earlier times". [ 4 ] Elsewhere, some of the Shechemites are called "men of Hamor"; [ 5 ] this is compared to "sons of Hamor", which in the ancient Middle East referred to people who had entered into a covenant ...
Articles relating to Baal, a title and honorific meaning "owner," "lord" in the Northwest Semitic languages spoken in the Levant during antiquity. From its use among people, it came to be applied to gods. The title is particularly associated with the storm and fertility god Hadad.
The stela known as Baal with Thunderbolt, a well known depiction of one of the main gods of Ugarit. [1]The Ugaritic pantheon included deities of local origin, many of whom are also known from Eblaite sources from the third millennium BCE or Amorite ones from the early second millennium BCE, as well as Hurrian and Mesopotamian ones. [2]