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kon -found ´: The physical origin of spiritual terms is well illustrated by the principal Hebrew words for "confounded" (rendered also "ashamed," etc.); בּושׁ , bōsh , is "to become pale" (2 Kings 19:26; Job 6:20; Psalm 83:17; Psalm 129:5 the King James Version; Isaiah 19:9 , etc.); חפר , ḥāphēr , "to become red" (Psalm 35:4; Isaiah 1:29; Isaiah 24:23 , "the moon shall be confounded," Micah 3:7 ); יבשׁ , yābhash , "to be dried up" (Jeremiah 46:24 the King James Version; Jeremiah 48:1 , Jeremiah 48:20 the King James Version; Jeremiah 50:2 the King James Version; Zechariah 10:5 ); כּלם , kalam , "to blush" (Psalm 69:6 the King James Version; Isaiah 41:11 , etc.). In Genesis 11:7 , Genesis 11:9 , of the confusion of tongues, the word is בּלל , balal , "to mix," "mingle." In Jeremiah 1:17 the King James Version it is חתת , ḥāthath , "to bring or put down."
In New Testament, kataischúnō , "to put to shame" (1 Corinthians 1:27 the King James Version; 1 Peter 2:6 the King James Version); and sugchúnō , "to pour together," "bewilder" (Acts 2:6; Acts 9:22 ). the Revised Version (British and American) frequently gives "ashamed" and "put to shame" instead of "confounded."
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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Confound'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/isb/c/confound.html. 1915.
