עֲזָאזֵל
ʻăzâʼzêl · az-aw-zale'
goat of departure; the scapegoat
Lexicon
Derivation: from H5795 (עֵז) and H235 (אָזַל);
goat of departure; the scapegoat
- goat of departure
- the scapegoat
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: scapegoat.
Letters
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- זZayin7
Picture: a weapon, mattock or sword
- Concrete
- weapon · cutting tool · plough
- Extended
- to cut · to harvest · to sustain by cutting · food
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- זZayin7
Picture: a weapon, mattock or sword
- Concrete
- weapon · cutting tool · plough
- Extended
- to cut · to harvest · to sustain by cutting · food
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to see and know › to cut, to sustain › strength, the leader › to cut, to sustain › authority, the one who leads
To see and know that works to cut, to sustain of strength, the leader that works to cut, to sustain of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עֲזָאזֵל above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
4 occurrences · 4 OT · 0 NT · 4 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- for the scapegoat2 · 50%
- to be the scapegoat1 · 25%
- for a scapegoat1 · 25%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.