H5799 — עֲזָאזֵל
Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
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TWOT
TWOT: 1593
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KJV Renderings
scapegoat.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced
BDB5935
עֲזָאזֵל noun [masculine] entire removal (reduplicated intensive (Ges «GKC:30»§ 30 n. Sta§ 124 a), abstract, √ [עזל ] = Arabic [untranscribed source text 3799] 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, Lev 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 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.