To speak rashly
בָּטָהStrong’s H0981batah (ba-tah)
Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Batah is the Hebrew word usually translated “speaking rashly”, “speak rashly” and “spoke rashly”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
“Or 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.”
Meaning
- To speak rashly or angrily, speak thoughtlessly(Qal) one that babbles, speaks rashly (part.) · (Piel) to speak rashly, unadvisedly
How it's translated
- by speaking rashly 1
- he will speak rashly 1
- and he spoke rashly 1
- speaks rashly 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Leviticus 1
- Psalms 1
- Proverbs 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
בָּטָה batah · to speak rashly
1) to speak rashly or angrily, speak thoughtlessly 1a) (Qal) one that babbles, speaks rashly (part.) 1b) (Piel) to speak rashly, unadvisedly
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.