Webster 1828 · headword: scapegoat
View source image ↗A goat upon whose head the people's sins were confessed before it was sent into the wilderness.
KJV WORD
scapegoat
COMBINED MEANING
Meaning of scapegoat
The goat upon whose head Israel's iniquities were confessed and which was then sent away into the wilderness.
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