עֲזָאזֵל
ʿăzāʾzēl
entire removal
Strong's H5799NounHebrewTWOT 1593

עֲזָאזֵל (ʿăzāʾzēl) is a Hebrew noun meaning entire removal. It appears 4 times in 1 book of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H5799).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1593)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1593)entire removal; goat of departure, scapegoat
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

עֲזָאזֵל noun, masculine: entire removal

entire removal;—in ritual of Day of Atonement, = entire removal of sin and guilt from sacred places into desert on back of goat

Strong's H5799 עֲזָאזֵל: goat of departure; the scapegoat
KJV:scapegoat.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

See it in Scripture

Leviticus 16:8

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