בָּטָא
bata · speak rashly
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H981 · appears 4 times in the Bible
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bata (בָּטָא) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “speak rashly”.
Speak without thinking; utter an oath lightly.
How to say it
ba·ta
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Say something without thinking.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- he spoke rashly ×1
- may speak rashly ×1
- one who speaks rashly ×1
- speaking rashly ×1
Related words
Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Leviticus 5:4
Or if a person swears, speaking rashly with his lips to do evil or to do good, in any matter that a man may speak rashly in an oath, and it is hidden from him, when he comes to know it he will be guilty in one of these.
- Psalms 106:33
for they rebelled against his spirit, and he spoke rashly with his lips.
- Proverbs 12:18
There is one who speaks rashly like the thrusts of a sword, but the tongue of the wise is healing.
And 1 more times.