Strong H981בָּטָה
to speak rashly
- Transliteration
- bâţâ' bâţâh
- Pronunciation
- {baw-taw'} baw-taw'
- Morphology
- Hebrew Verb
Definition
A primitive root; to babble; hence to vociferate angrily: - {pronounce} speak (unadvisedly).
Detailed definition
1) to speak rashly or angrily, speak thoughtlessly
1a) (Qal) one that babbles, speaks rashly (part.)
1b) (Piel) to speak rashly, unadvisedly
1a) (Qal) one that babbles, speaks rashly (part.)
1b) (Piel) to speak rashly, unadvisedly
In the Bible
Strong H981 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- pronounce1
- spake1
- speaketh1
First verses
- Leviticus 5:4Or if a soul swear, pronouncing with his lips to do evil, or to do good, whatsoever it be that a man shall pronounce with an oath, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty in one of these.
- Psalms 106:33Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips.
- Proverbs 12:18There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.