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Confusion

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  • Historical Reference: A Greek-English Lexicon to the New Testament
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Subject type
Subject
Strong’s
H3998, H8397, H8400, G4799, G0181, H4103, H8414
Hebrew
מְבוּכָה · mᵉbûwkâh
Greek
σύγχυσις · sugchusis

Strong’s and original-language information

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

σύγχυσις

G4799
Transliteration
sugchusis
Language
Greek
Part of speech
G:N-F
Indexed occurrences
1

Glosses

confusion

Lexicon definition

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)

A Greek-English Lexicon to the New Testament

Σύγχῠσις

G4799
Transliteration
sýnchysis
Language
Greek
Indexed occurrences
1

Glosses

confusion

Lexicon definition

pr. a pouring together; hence, confusion, commotion, tumult, uproar, Ac. 19.29.

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

ἀκαταστασία

G0181
Transliteration
akatastasía
Language
Greek
Indexed occurrences
5

Glosses

commotion, confusion, tumult

Lexicon definition

instability, i.e. disorder

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible lexical data / BDB-Strong mapping

מְהוּמָה

H4103
Transliteration
mᵉhûwmâh
Pronunciation
meh-hoo-maw'
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
12

Glosses

tumult, confusion, disquietude, discomfiture, destruction, discomfiture, trouble, tumult, vexation, vexed.

Lexicon definition

confusion or uproar

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible lexical data / BDB-Strong mapping

תֹּ֫הוּ

H8414
Transliteration
tôhûw
Pronunciation
to'-hoo
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
20

Glosses

formlessness, confusion, unreality, emptiness, confusion, empty place, without form, nothing, (thing of) nought, vain, vanity, waste, wilderness.

Lexicon definition

a desolation (of surface), i.e. desert

figuratively, a worthless thing

adverbially, in vain

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

תֶּבֶל

H8397
Transliteration
tebel
Pronunciation
teh'-bel
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
2

Glosses

confusion.

Lexicon definition

mixture, i.e. unnatural bestiality

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

σύγχυσις

G4799
Transliteration
sýnchysis
Language
Greek
Indexed occurrences
1

Glosses

confusion

Lexicon definition

commixture, i.e. (figuratively) riotous disturbance

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

בָּבֶל

H0894
Transliteration
Bâbel
Pronunciation
baw-bel'
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
262

Glosses

Babel, Babylon.

Lexicon definition

Babel (i.e. Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

מְהוּמָה

H4103
Transliteration
mᵉhûwmâh
Pronunciation
meh-hoo-maw'
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
12

Glosses

destruction, discomfiture, trouble, tumult, vexation, vexed.

Lexicon definition

confusion or uproar

Concordance

Strong's Concordance

Confusion

Indexed occurrences: 16

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All Scripture references60 references

Topical Bible

Nave's Topical Bible

CONFUSION

Entry:
Nave’s Topical Bible references for CONFUSION.

Indexed references: 1

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CONFUSION

Nave’s Topical Bible references for CONFUSION.

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Babel

confusion; mixture

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Barabbas

son of shame, confusion

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Bashemath

perfumed; confusion of death; in desolation

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City

The earliest mention of city-building is that of Enoch, which was built by Cain (Gen. 4:17). After the confusion of tongues, the descendants of Nimrod founded several cities (10:10-12). Next, we have a record of the cities of the Canaanites, Sidon, Gaza, Sodom, etc. (10:12, 19; 11:3, 9; 36:31-39). The earliest description of a city is that of Sodom (19:1-22). Damascus is said to be the oldest existing city in the world. Before the time of Abraham there were cities in Egypt (Num. 13:22). The Israelites in Egypt were employed in building the "treasure cities" of Pithom and Raamses (Ex. 1:11); but it does not seem that they had any cities of their own in Goshen (Gen. 46:34; 47:1-11). In the kingdom of Og in Bashan there were sixty "great cities with walls," and twenty-three cities in Gilead partly rebuilt by the tribes on the east of Jordan (Num. 21:21, 32, 33, 35; 32:1-3, 34-42; Deut. 3:4, 5, 14; 1 Kings 4:13). On the west of Jordan were thirty-one "royal cities" (Josh. 12), besides many others spoken of in the history of Israel. A fenced city was a city surrounded by fortifications and high walls, with watch-towers upon them (2 Chr. 11:11; Deut. 3:5). There was also within the city generally a tower to which the citizens might flee when danger threatened them (Judg. 9:46-52). A city with suburbs was a city surrounded with open pasture-grounds, such as the forty-eight cities which were given to the Levites (Num. 35:2-7). There were six cities of refuge, three on each side of Jordan, namely, Kadesh, Shechem, Hebron, on the west of Jordan; and on the east, Bezer, Ramoth-gilead, and Golan. The cities on each side of the river were nearly opposite each other. The regulations concerning these cities are given in Num. 35:9-34; Deut. 19:1-13; Ex. 21:12-14. When David reduced the fortress of the Jebusites which stood on Mount Zion, he built on the site of it a palace and a city, which he called by his own name (1 Chr. 11:5), the city of David. Bethlehem is also so called as being David's native town (Luke 2:4). Jerusalem is called the Holy City, the holiness of the temple being regarded as extending in some measure over the whole city (Neh. 11:1). Pithom and Raamses, built by the Israelites as "treasure cities," were not places where royal treasures were kept, but were fortified towns where merchants might store their goods and transact their business in safety, or cities in which munitions of war were stored. (See [118]PITHOM.)

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Jabesh

dryness; confusion; shame

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Jerubbesheth

let the idol of confusion defend itself

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Jibsam

their drought, their confusion

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Tongues, Confusion of

At Babel, the cause of the early separation of mankind and their division into nations. The descendants of Noah built a tower to prevent their dispersion; but God "confounded their language" (Gen. 11:1-8), and they were scattered over the whole earth. Till this time "the whole earth was of one language and of one speech." (See [637]SHINAR.)

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Tubal-cain

worldly possession; possessed of confusion

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Tubal

the earth; the world; confusion

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Zerubbabel

a stranger at Babylon; dispersion of confusion

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