Lexical Definition

‎עֲזָאזֵל‎ ʻăzâʼzêl (az-aw-zale') Azazel ^H:N-M
from ‎עֵז‎ and ‎אָזַל‎

scapegoat.

• goat of departure
• the scapegoat

1) entire removal, scapegoat
1a) refers to the goat used for sacrifice for the sins of the people
1b) meaning dubious

See Greek: ἄφεσις

Extended Information

• Azazel

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎עֲזָאזֵל‎ noun [masculine] entire removal (reduplicated intensive (Ges^{«GKC:30»§ 30} n. Sta^{§ 124 a}), abstract, √ [‎עזל‎] = Arabic remove, see Bähr^{Symb. ii. 668} Win^{ii. 659 ff.} Me Schenkel^{BL. i. 256}; > most, proper name of spirit haunting desert, Thes Di Dr^{Hastings, DB} [a fallen angel, Lev 16:8ff. being late, according to Che^{ZAW xv (1895), 153 ff., Ency. Bib.}, who derives from ‎עזזאֿל‎; compare Benz^{Ency. Bib.}], as in Jewish angelology, where probably based on interpret. of Lev 16:8ff.; name not elsewhere); — ‎׳‎‎ע‎ Lev 16:8; Lev 16:10 (twice in verse); Lev 16:26 in ritual of Day of Atonement, = entire removal of sin and guilt from sacred places into desert on back of goat, symbol of entire forgiveness.

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