Azazel עֲזָאזֵל

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Azazel (Hebrew עֲזָאזֵל, Strong's H5799) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “Azazel”. It occurs 4 times in 3 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

1) entire removal, scapegoat
1a) refers to the goat used for sacrifice for the sins of the people
1b) meaning uncertain
Azazel

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

KJV	scapegoat (4)
BSB	scapegoat (4)

Every verse with Azazel, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Leviticus 16:8
And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats; one lot for the Lord, and the other lot for the scapegoat.After Aaron casts lots for the two goats, one for the LORD and the other for the scapegoat,
Leviticus 16:10
But the goat, on which the lot fell to be the scapegoat, shall be presented alive before the Lord, to make an atonement with him, and to let him go for a scapegoat into the wilderness.But the goat chosen by lot as the scapegoat shall be presented alive before the LORD to make atonement by sending it into the wilderness as the scapegoat.
Leviticus 16:26
And he that let go the goat for the scapegoat shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward come into the camp.The man who released the goat as the scapegoat must wash his clothes and bathe himself with water; afterward he may reenter the camp.

Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).