ʕzz / Semitic roots

To be(come) strong.

Azazel, from Hebrew ʕăzāʔzēl, name of a demon, perhaps corrupt for ʕăzaz-ʔēl, God has been strong (personal name), from ʕăzaz, reduced form of ʕāzaz, to be strong (ʔēl, God; see ʔl).