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Azazel

//əˈzeɪzəl// name

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A fallen angel in some traditions of Judaism and Christianity. Judaism

    "Then strait commands that at the warlike sound / Of Trumpets loud and Clarions be upreard / His mighty Standard ; that proud honour claim'd / Azazel as his right, a Cherub tall:"

  2. 2
    Satan.
  3. 3
    The name of Iblis.

Etymology

From Hebrew עֲזָאזֵל (azazél, “Azazel, cliff from which the scapegoat was sent to its death”), Arabic عَزَازِيل (ʕazāzīl).

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