Strong’s H981 · Hebrew
בָּטָא
bâṭâʼ · baw-taw'
Origin or בָּטָה; a primitive root;
Meaning to babble; hence, to vociferate angrily
In the King James Version pronounce, speak (unadvisedly).
In 3 verses of the King James Version
- 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.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.