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- Dictionaryscapegoat/ˈskeɪpɡəʊt/
noun
- 1. a person who is blamed for the wrongdoings, mistakes, or faults of others, especially for reasons of expediency.
- 2. (in the Bible) a goat sent into the wilderness after the Jewish chief priest had symbolically laid the sins of the people upon it (Lev. 16).
verb
- 1. make a scapegoat of: "few things are harder for kids to bear than being scapegoated"
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SCAPEGOAT definition: 1. a person who is blamed for something that someone else has done: 2. a person who is blamed for…. Learn more.
The meaning of SCAPEGOAT is a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur. How to use scapegoat in a sentence.
In the Bible, a scapegoat is one of a pair of kid goats that is released into the wilderness, taking with it all sins and impurities, while the other is sacrificed. The concept first appears in the Book of Leviticus, in which a goat is designated to be cast into the desert to carry away the sins of the community.
SCAPEGOAT meaning: 1. a person who is blamed for something that someone else has done: 2. a person who is blamed for…. Learn more.
Scapegoat, in the Yom Kippur ritual described in Leviticus, goat ritually burdened with the sins of the Jewish people. It was sent into the wilderness for Azazel, an evil spirit, while another was slain in sacrifice to God.
Scapegoat definition: a person or group made to bear the blame for others or to suffer in their place.. See examples of SCAPEGOAT used in a sentence.
The Bible depicts a ritual in which a goat is sent out into the desert bearing the faults of the people of Israel. The word scapegoat first occurred in the earliest English translation of the Bible, and it has come to mean any individual punished for the misdeeds of others.
