KJV dictionary & concordance
Not readily understood in speech.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Isaiah 28:11
Complete exact-word concordance
For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people.
For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speake to this people.
1611 marginal noteHeb. stammerings of lippe.
1611 marginal noteOr, he hath spoken.
1611 marginal note1.Cor.14.21.
Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of a deeper speech than thou canst perceive; of a stammering tongue, that thou canst not understand.
Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of a deeper speech then thou canst perceiue; of a stammering tongue, that thou canst not vnderstand.
1611 marginal noteOr, ridiculous.
Source order
1 · Direct Scripture definition
Isaiah 28:11 joins stammering lips with another tongue, Isaiah 33:19 describes deeper speech and a tongue not understood, and 1 Corinthians 14:21 quotes the first passage as other tongues and other lips. A speech-impediment-only definition can misapply the language context.
2 · KJV context and cross-references
Historical English dictionary sources
The act of stopping or hesitating in speaking; impediment in speech.
