H981: בָּטָא
bâṭâʼ · pronounced baw-taw' · “to speak rashly”
Definition
to babble; hence, to vociferate angrily
KJV translates it as: pronounce, speak (unadvisedly).
Word origin: or בָּטָה; a primitive root;
Extended 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
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H981 is translated
- speaking rashly ×1
- he will speak rashly ×1
- he spoke rashly ×1
- is one who speaks rashly ×1
Bible verses with H981 (bâṭâʼ)
Bâṭâʼ appears in 3 verses.
- Leviticus 5:4
Or 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 106:33
Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips.
- Proverbs 12:18
There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.