To confound
συγχέωStrong’s G4797sugcheō
Appears in 5 verses of the New Testament
In short
Sugcheō is the Greek word usually translated “was confounded”, “was confounding” and “confused”. It appears in 5 verses of the New Testament.
“Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language.”
Meaning
Usually translated “was confounded”, “was confounding” and “confused”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- was confounded 1
- was confounding 1
- confused 1
- were stirring up 1
- are in an uproar 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 5
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Acts 9:22But Saul increased the more in strength, and confounded the Jews which dwelt at Damascus, proving that this is very Christ.
- Acts 19:32Some therefore cried one thing, and some another: for the assembly was confused; and the more part knew not wherefore they were come together.
- Acts 21:27And when the seven days were almost ended, the Jews which were of Asia, when they saw him in the temple, stirred up all the people, and laid hands on him,
- Acts 21:31And as they went about to kill him, tidings came unto the chief captain of the band, that all Jerusalem was in an uproar.
Greek dictionary
συγχέω sugcheō · to confound
συν-χέω (Rec. συγ-), [in LXX for בָּלַל, רָגַז, etc. ;] to pour together, commingle, confuse; metaphorically, confound, throw into confusion, stir up trouble: Act.21:27 (cf. συν-χύννω).† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “confound” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
CONFOUND, verb transitive
[Latin, to pour out. Literally, to pour or throw together.]
- To mingle and blend different things, so that their forms or natures cannot be distinguished; to mix in a mass or crowd, so that individuals cannot be distinguished.
- To throw into disorder.“Let us go down, and there confound their language” Genesis 11:7
- To mix or blend, so as to occasion a mistake of one thing for another.
- To perplex; to disturb the apprehension by indistinctness of ideas or words.
All definitions
- To abash; to throw the mind into disorder; to cast down; to make ashamed.“Saul confounded the Jews at Damascus” Acts 9:22
- To perplex with terror; to terrify; to dismay; to astonish; to throw into consternation; to stupify with amazement.“The multitude came together and were confounded” Acts 2:6
- To destroy; to overthrow.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.