Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H981
בָּטָה
ba.tah · “to speak rashly”
Used 4 times across 3 books
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
Where it appears
Leviticus2
Psalms1
Proverbs1
In the text
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.
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