Hebrew Meaning of scapegoat

שעיר לעזאזל

Other Hebrew words related to שעיר לעזאזל

Definitions and Meaning of scapegoat in English

Wordnet

scapegoat (n)

someone who is punished for the errors of others

Webster

scapegoat (n.)

A goat upon whose head were symbolically placed the sins of the people, after which he was suffered to escape into the wilderness.

Hence, a person or thing that is made to bear blame for others.

FAQs About the word scapegoat

שעיר לעזאזל

someone who is punished for the errors of othersA goat upon whose head were symbolically placed the sins of the people, after which he was suffered to escape in

תירוץ,עז,קורבן,שעיר לעזאזל,שעיר לעזאזל,לרמות,ללעג ולקלס,סימן,לעג,קוף

No antonyms found.

scapegallows => שעיר לעזאזל, scaped => נמלט, scape => פדסטל, scanty => דל, scantness => מיעוט,