Word Study · Strong's H5799 · Hebrew
עֲזָאזֵל
azazel
az-aw-zale'
Strong's 1890 spelling: ʻăzâʼzêl
“goat of departure”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
goat of departure; the scapegoat
Rendered in the KJV as
scapegoat.
- 4occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 1 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 4inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 4 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 4
- לַעֲזָאזֵ֔ל1
- לַעֲזָאזֵ֖ל1
- לַֽעֲזָאזֵ֔ל1
- לַעֲזָאזֵֽל׃1
How it is rendered · 2
- for [the] escape goat2
- to [the] escape goat2
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 1
- preposition + proper noun (a name)4
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- HR/Npt · 4
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The ledger of occurrences
Leviticus4 occurrences
- Leviticus 16:8לַעֲזָאזֵֽל׃laazazelpreposition + proper noun (a name)After Aaron casts lots for the two goats, one for the LORD and the other for the scapegoat,here: for [the] escape goat
- Leviticus 16:10לַעֲזָאזֵ֔לlaazazelpreposition + proper noun (a name)But the goat chosen by lot as the scapegoat shall be presented alive before the LORD to make atonement by sending it into the wilderness as the scapegoat.here: for [the] escape goat
- Leviticus 16:10לַעֲזָאזֵ֖לlaazazelpreposition + proper noun (a name)But the goat chosen by lot as the scapegoat shall be presented alive before the LORD to make atonement by sending it into the wilderness as the scapegoat.here: to [the] escape goat
- Leviticus 16:26לַֽעֲזָאזֵ֔לlaazazelpreposition + proper noun (a name)The man who released the goat as the scapegoat must wash his clothes and bathe himself with water; afterward he may reenter the camp.here: to [the] escape goat