1) to speak rashly or angrily, speak thoughtlessly 1a) (Qal) one that babbles, speaks rashly (part.) 1b) (Piel) to speak rashly, unadvisedly
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H981 — בָּטָה
ba.tah · to speak rashly · Hebrew/Aramaic
3 tagged verse occurrences
Leviticus 5:4 · לְבַטֵּ֨א · יְבַטֵּ֧א‘Or when a person sweareth, speaking wrongfully with the lips to do evil, or to do good, even anything which man speaketh wrongfully with an oath, and it hath been hid from him;—when he hath known then he hath been guilty of one of these;Psalm 106:33 · וַ֝יְבַטֵּ֗אFor they have provoked his spirit, And he speaketh wrongfully with his lips.Proverbs 12:18 · בּ֭וֹטֶהA rash speaker is like piercings of a sword, And the tongue of the wise is healing.