scape·goat (sk?p?g?t?)n.1. One that is made to bear the blame of others.2. Bible A live goat over whose head Aaron confessed all the sins of the children of Israel on the Day of Atonement. The goat, symbolically bearing their sins, was then sent into the wilderness.tr.v. scape·goat·ed, scape·goat·ing, scape·goats To make a scapegoat of.[scape + goat (translation of Hebrew ‘?z ‘?z?l, goat that escapes, misreading of ‘?z?’z?l, Azazel).]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.scapegoat (?ske?p????t) n1. a person made to bear the blame for others2. (Bible) Old Testament a goat used in the ritual of Yom Kippur (Leviticus 16); it was symbolically laden with the sins of the Israelites and sent into the wilderness to be destroyedvb (tr) to make a scapegoat of[C16: from escape + goat, coined by William Tyndale to translate Biblical Hebrew az?z?l (probably) goat for Azazel, mistakenly thought to mean ‘goat that escapes’]Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014scape?goat (?ske?p?go?t) n. 1. a person or group made to bear the blame for others or to suffer in their place. 2. a goat let loose in the wilderness on Yom Kippur after the high priest symbolically laid the sins of the people on its head. Lev. 16:8, 10, 26. v.t. 3. to make a scapegoat of. [1530; scape2 + goat, as a translation of Hebrew ?az?zel] scape?goat?ism, n. Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
Scape goat
scape·goat (sk?p?g?t?)n.1. One that is made to bear the blame of others.2. Bible A live goat over whose head Aaron confessed all the sins of the children of Israel on the Day of Atonement. The goat, symbolically bearing their sins, was then sent into the wilderness.tr.v. scape·goat·ed, scape·goat·ing, scape·goats To make a scapegoat of.[scape + goat (translation of Hebrew ‘?z ‘?z?l, goat that escapes, misreading of ‘?z?’z?l, Azazel).]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.scapegoat (?ske?p????t) n1. a person made to bear the blame for others2. (Bible) Old Testament a goat used in the ritual of Yom Kippur (Leviticus 16); it was symbolically laden with the sins of the Israelites and sent into the wilderness to be destroyedvb (tr) to make a scapegoat of[C16: from escape + goat, coined by William Tyndale to translate Biblical Hebrew az?z?l (probably) goat for Azazel, mistakenly thought to mean ‘goat that escapes’]Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014scape?goat (?ske?p?go?t) n. 1. a person or group made to bear the blame for others or to suffer in their place. 2. a goat let loose in the wilderness on Yom Kippur after the high priest symbolically laid the sins of the people on its head. Lev. 16:8, 10, 26. v.t. 3. to make a scapegoat of. [1530; scape2 + goat, as a translation of Hebrew ?az?zel] scape?goat?ism, n. Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.