Strong’s
H5799Noun, masculine4 times in the Hebrew BibleWhere it occurs
Translated as
In the text
- Leviticus 16:8לַעֲזָאזֵל
After Aaron casts lots for the two goats, one for the LORD and the other for the scapegoat,
Brown-Driver-Briggs
עֲזָאזֵל n.[m.] entire removal;—in ritual of Day of Atonement, = entire removal of sin and guilt from sacred places into desert on back of goat, symb. of entire forgiveness.
Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.