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Confound, Confuse, Confusion

Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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A — 1: ἀκαταστασία

(Strong's #181 — Noun Feminine — akatastasia — ak-at-as-tah-see'-ah )

"instability," (a, negative, kata, "down," stasis, "a standing"), denotes "a state of disorder, disturbance, confusion, tumult," 1 Corinthians 14:33; James 3:16 , "revolution or anarchy;" translated "tumults" in Luke 21:9 (AV, "commotions"); 2 Corinthians 6:5; 12:20 . See TUMULT.

A — 2: σύγχυσις

(Strong's #4799 — Noun Feminine — sunchusis — soong'-khoo-sis )

"a pouring or mixing together" (sun, "with," cheo, "to pour"); hence "a disturbance, confusion, a tumultuous disorder, as of riotous persons," is found in Acts 19:29 .

B — 1: συγχύνω

(Strong's #4797 — Verb — suncheo — )

or sunchunno or sunchuno (the verb form of A., No. 2), lit., "to pour together, commingle," hence (said of persons), means "to trouble or confuse, to stir up," Acts 19:32 (said of the mind); "to be in confusion," Acts 21:31 , RV (AV, "was in an uproar"); Acts 21:27 , "stirred up;" Acts 2:6; 9:22 , "confounded." See STIR , UPROAR.

B — 2: καταισχύνω

(Strong's #2617 — Verb — kataischuno — kat-ahee-skhoo'-no )

"to put to shame," is translated "confound" in 1 Corinthians 1:27 , and 1 Peter 2:6 , AV (RV, "put to shame"). See ASHAMED , DISHONOR , SHAME.

Bibliography Information
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Confound, Confuse, Confusion'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​c/confound-confuse-confusion.html. 1940.
 
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