BDB5935 [H5799]

עֲזָאזֵל noun [masculine] entire removal (reduplicated intensive (Ges^{«GKC:30»§ 30} n. Sta^{§ 124 a}), abstract, √ [עזל] = Arabic remove, see Bähr^{Symb. ii. 668} Win^{ii. 659 ff.} Me Schenkel^{BL. i. 256}; > most, proper name of spirit haunting desert, Thes Di Dr^{Hastings, DB} [a fallen angel, Lev 16:8ff. being late, according to Che^{ZAW xv (1895), 153 ff., Ency. Bib.}, who derives from עזזאֿל; compare Benz^{Ency. Bib.}], as in Jewish angelology, where probably based on interpret. of Lev 16:8ff.; name not elsewhere); — ׳ע Lev 16:8; Lev 16:10 (twice in verse); Lev 16:26 in ritual of Day of Atonement, = entire removal of sin and guilt from sacred places into desert on back of goat, symbol of entire forgiveness.

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