·noun Hence, a person or thing that is made to bear blame for others.
II. Scapegoat ·noun A goat upon whose head were symbolically placed the sins of the people, after which he was suffered to escape into the wilderness.
Lev. 16:8-26; R.V., "the goat for Azazel" (q.v.), the name given to the goat which was taken away in...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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William Smith's Bible Dictionary