Strong’s
H981Verb4 times in the Hebrew BibleWhere it occurs
Translated as
In the text
- Leviticus 5:4לְבַטֵּא
Or if someone swears thoughtlessly with his lips to do anything good or evil—in whatever matter a man may rashly pronounce an oath—even if he is unaware of it, when he realizes it, he is guilty in the matter.
- Psalm 106:33וַיְבַטֵּא
For they rebelled against His Spirit, and Moses spoke rashly with his lips.
- Proverbs 12:18בּוֹטֶה
Speaking rashly is like a piercing sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
[בָּטָה, בָּטָא] vb. speak rashly, thoughtlessly
Qal one that babbleth
Pi. speak rashly, unadvisedly
Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.