International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Stammerer

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Stammerer


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stam´ẽr-ẽr: , עלּג, ‛illēgh, “inarticulate speaking.” In ; , l‛g (pointing uncertain) is rendered “strange” by the Revised Version (British and American), with “stammering” in the King James Version, the Revised Version margin. Probably the word means both, as primitive people always think that their own language alone is clearly pronounced. Or the word may mean “mocking.”