Hebrew noun (masculine) · H5799
עֲזָאזֵל
azazelaz-aw-zale'
Azazel
4 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ʻăzâʼzêl
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H5799is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 1 of 39Old Testament books
- 4spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H5799
goat of departure; the scapegoat
The King James renders it: scapegoat.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
azazel is rendered "Azazel". It stands 4 times in the Hebrew text, across one book.
- Four of the uses stand in Leviticus, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Leviticus 16:8After Aaron casts lots for the two goats, one for the LORD and the other for the scapegoat,
- The Greek text spells it four different ways.
The first use
After Aaron casts lots for the two goats, one for the LORD and the other for the scapegoat,
Leviticus 16:8לַעֲזָאזֵֽל׃
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Four of the word's four uses are in Leviticus.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- for escape goat2
- to escape goat2
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| עֲזָרָה | azarah | enclosure | Uses9 |
All 4, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
4 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- לַעֲזָאזֵ֔ל1
- לַעֲזָאזֵ֖ל1
- לַֽעֲזָאזֵ֔ל1
- לַעֲזָאזֵֽל׃1
The grammar of each form
- preposition + proper noun (a name)4HR/Npt
Leviticus
four uses
After Aaron casts lots for the two goats, one for the LORD and the other for the scapegoat,
- לַעֲזָאזֵֽל׃laazazelpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: for escape goat
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.
- לַעֲזָאזֵ֔לlaazazelpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: for escape goat
- לַעֲזָאזֵ֖לlaazazelpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: to escape goat
The man who released the goat as the scapegoat must wash his clothes and bathe himself with water; afterward he may reenter the camp.
- לַֽעֲזָאזֵ֔לlaazazelpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: to escape goat
Where it leads
Studies that open this word1
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.