Lexical Summary bad: empty, idle talk Original Word: בּדTransliteration: bad Phonetic Spelling: (bad) Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Short Definition: empty, idle talk Meaning: a brag, lie, a liar Strong's Concordance liar, lie From bada'; a brag or lie; also a liar -- liar, lie. see HEBREW bada' Brown-Driver-Briggs H907. bad III. [בַּד] noun masculine only Plural בַּדִּים. a. empty, idle talk (Phoenician CIS3, 6 listen not to בדנם = Hebrew בַּדֵּיהֶם; compare vain talk), especially with collateral idea of imaginary pretensions or claims: Job 11:3 מְתִיםיַחֲרִישׁוּ בַּדֶּיךָ thy idle talk brings men to silence ("" וַתִּלְעַג), Isaiah 16:6 (of Moab) בַּדָּיו כֵן לֹא his boastings are not right (unfounded), hence Jeremiah 48:30. b. concrete empty talkers, praters (compare Late Hebrew בַּדָּאָה, Syriac , liar), of false prophets, Isaiah 44:25; Jeremiah 50:36. |
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