Definitions for Azazel

Azazel A·za·zel

Spelling: [uh-zey-zuh l, az-uh
IPA: /əˈzeɪ zəl, ˈæz əˌzɛl/

Azazel is a 6 letter English word.

You can make 34 anagrams from letters in Azazel (aaelzz).

Definitions for Azazel

noun

  1. the demon or place in the wilderness to which the scapegoat is released in an atonement ritual. Lev. 16:8, 10, 26.
  2. the scapegoat itself.

Origin of Azazel

From the Hebrew word ʿăzāzēl

Examples for Azazel

Azazel, Statistics Chief, glanced at a roll of incombustible microfilm, and cleared his throat.

Milton introduces Azazel as the standard-bearer of the fallen hosts of heaven.

I sat myself down with pain and difficulty, for Azazel had bruised me all over, and I felt fearfully stiff and sore.

And undoubtedly, when he had got to the spot where the ledge came to an end, Azazel seemed puzzled to know what to do next.

Azazel did not think much of man; and it was for that he lost his position.

The rabbis are agreed, even, that the word Azazel is not Hebrew.

The word "scapegoat" is a euphemism; the Hebrew text says Azazel.

Through all the rest of Scripture the scape-goat is unmentioned, and Azazel is ignored.

Azazel must not triumph, though the tribe of the Narragansetts should be swept with the besom of destruction.

Both Jews and Mohammedans believed Azazel to be a dread divinity.

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