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scapegoat

animal which is ritually burdened with the sins of others, then driven away
Class type of: biblical animal Q245122
scapegoat
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Facts

7 properties
Subclass of
biblical animal
Part of
scapegoat ritual[2]
Described by source
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron, Leviticus, Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Orthodox Theological Encyclopedia[4][5][6][7][8][9]
Different from
scapegoating[10]
Individual of taxon
goat[11]
P14541
38yqNq[12]
Said to be the same as
Azazel[3]
🏷️ Also known as
en scapegoats en scapegoat ar كبش فداء ar كبش الفداء cs obětní beránek da Syndebuk de Buhmann de Sündenbock el Αποδιοπομπαίος τράγος es chivo expiatorio fa بز طلیعه fi syntipukki fr bouc emissaire fr bouc émissaire fr bouc-émissaire fr désignation de bouc émissaire fr processus du bouc émissaire fr victime expiatoire he שעיר המשתלח he שעיר לעזאזל
🔖 Identifiers · 23
Library of Congress authority ID
sh85117996
GND ID
4201951-5
OpenAlex ID
C2778498553
BBC Things ID
346f8ed1-f7ad-4dca-bbee-b0812fcf2441
BNCF Thesaurus ID
14235
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
11955677b
Dewey Decimal Classification
203.4, 302.3
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID
441619
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/scapegoat
FAST ID
1106500
Freebase ID
/m/0j29lvv
Harper's tag
scapegoat
Show all 23 identifiers +11
IMDb keyword
scapegoat
IdRef ID
02753751X
KBpedia ID
Scapegoat
Lex ID
syndebuk
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2778498553
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007558463405171
PACTOLS thesaurus ID
pcrtgg7j6ZXQh9
Treccani ID
capro-espiatorio
Treccani's Enciclopedia Italiana ID
capro-espiatorio
Wellcome Collection concept ID
jy5t2y8j
Yale LUX ID
concept/69447542-c54f-464e-8ea3-e0ecfa41ceca

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🔗 Connections
Described by source 6
Leviticus, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron, Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus, Orthodox Theological Encyclopedia
Different from 1
scapegoating
Named after 1
scapegoating
Said to be the same as 1
Azazel
Subclass of 1
biblical animal
← Depicts 1
The Scapegoat
← Different from 1
scapegoating
← FactGrid item ID 1
Calumet
← Main subject 1
The Scapegoat
← Said to be the same as 1
Azazel
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Summary

scapegoat is a type of biblical animal[1].

Body

Influence

Things named for scapegoat include scapegoating[13], a sociological concept[14].

Why It Matters

Entities named for scapegoat include scapegoating[13], a sociological concept[14].

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Leviticus

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Inline context (facts about related entities)

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  1. 6w ago · Joalbertine · 2026-09-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Commons category → Yom Kippur Scapegoat
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Commons category: Yom Kippur Scapegoat"
  2. 8w ago · OBender12 · 2026-09-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Individual of taxon → goat
    Harper's tag → scapegoat
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Individual of taxon: goat"
  3. 16w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 38yqNq
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  4. 23w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → —
    Subclass of → biblical animal
    Subclass of → —
    Part of → scapegoat ritual
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007558463405171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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