Strong's Greek · G4797

συγχέω

synchéō

confound, confuse, stir up, be in an uproar

Definition

to commingle promiscuously, i.e. (figuratively) to throw (an assembly) into disorder, to perplex (the mind)

Derivation

from G4862 (σύν) and (to pour) or its alternate;

Appears 5 times in Scripture

Acts 21:27

When the seven days were almost over, some Jews from the province of Asia saw Paul at the temple. They stirred up the whole crowd and seized him,

Acts 2:6

And when this sound rang out, a crowd came together in bewilderment, because each one heard them speaking his own language.

Acts 19:32

Meanwhile the assembly was in turmoil. Some were shouting one thing and some another, and most of them did not even know why they were there.

Acts 21:31

While they were trying to kill him, the commander of the Roman regiment received a report that all Jerusalem was in turmoil.

Acts 9:22

But Saul was empowered all the more, and he confounded the Jews living in Damascus by proving that Jesus is the Christ.

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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