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Confusion

σύγχυσιςStrong’s G4799

sugchusis

Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament

In short

Sugchusis is the Greek word usually translated “confusion”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.

“And the whole city was filled with confusion: and having caught Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul’s companions in travel, they rushed with one accord into the theatre.”
Acts 19:29 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “confusion”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • with confusion 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Acts 1

1 book in all.

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    Greek dictionary

    σύγχυσις sugchusis · confusion

    σύγχυσις, -εως, ἡ (συγχέω), [in LXX: Gen.11:9 (בָּבֶל), 1Ki.5:6 5:12(11) 1Ki.14:20 (מְהוּמָה) * ;] confusion: of a popular uproar, Act.19:29.† (AS)

    From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “confusion” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    CONFUSION, noun

    1. In a general sense, a mixture of several things promiscuously; hence, disorder; irregularity; as the confusion of tongues at Babel.
    2. Tumult; want of order in society.“The whole city was filled with confusion” Acts 19:29“God is not the author of confusion” 1 Corinthians 14:33
    3. A blending or confounding; indistinct combination; opposed to distinctness or perspicuity; as a confusion of ideas.
    4. Abashment; shame.“O Lord, let me never be put to confusion” Psalms 71:1“We lie in shame and our confusion covereth us” Jeremiah 3:25
    All definitions
    1. Astonishment; agitation; perturbation; distraction of mind.
    2. Overthrow; defeat; ruin.“The makers of idols shall go to confusion together” Isaiah 45:16
    3. A shameful blending of natures, a shocking crime., 20:12. Leviticus 18:23

    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.