Lexical Summary azazel: entire removal Original Word: עֲזָאזֵלTransliteration: azazel Phonetic Spelling: (az-aw-zale') Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Short Definition: entire removal Meaning: goat of departure, the scapegoat Strong's Concordance scapegoat From ez and 'azal; goat of departure; the scapegoat -- scapegoat. see HEBREW ez see HEBREW 'azal Brown-Driver-Briggs H5799. azazel עֲזָאזֵל noun [masculine] entire removal (reduplicated intensive (Ges§ 30 n. Sta§ 124 a), abstract, √ [עזל] = Arabic remove, see BährSymb. ii. 668 Winii. 659 ff. Me SchenkelBL. i. 256; > most, proper name of spirit haunting desert, Thes Di DrHastings, DB [a fallen angel, Leviticus 16:8ff. being late, according to CheZAW xv (1895), 153 ff., Ency. Bib., who derives from עזזאֿל; compare BenzEncy. Bib.], as in Jewish angelology, where probably based on interpret. of 16:8ff.; name not elsewhere); — ׳ע 16:8, 10 (twice in verse); 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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