Strong’s H981 · Hebrew
בָּטָא
bâṭâʼ
baw-taw'
Definition
to babble; hence, to vociferate angrily
Etymology
or בָּטָה; a primitive root;
How the KJV renders it
- pronounce
- speak (unadvisedly)
Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.