Strong G4797συγχέω
to confound
- Transliteration
- sugcheō
- Pronunciation
- soong-kheh'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Or συγχύνω sugchunō soong-khoo'-no
From G4862 and χέωcheō (to pour) or its alternate; to commingle promiscuously that is (figuratively) to throw (an assembly) into disorder to perplex (the mind): - confound confuse stir up be in an uproar.
From G4862 and χέωcheō (to pour) or its alternate; to commingle promiscuously that is (figuratively) to throw (an assembly) into disorder to perplex (the mind): - confound confuse stir up be in an uproar.
Detailed definition
συν-χέω
(Rec. συγ-), [in LXX for בָּלַל, רָגַז, etc.;]
to pour together, commingle, confuse; metaphorically, confound, throw into confusion, stir up trouble: Act.21:27 (cf. συν-χύννω).†
(AS)
(Rec. συγ-), [in LXX for בָּלַל, רָגַז, etc.;]
to pour together, commingle, confuse; metaphorically, confound, throw into confusion, stir up trouble: Act.21:27 (cf. συν-χύννω).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4797 appears in 5 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- confound2
- confuse1
- stir1
- uproar1
First verses
- Acts 2:6Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language.
- Acts 9:22But Saul increased the more in strength, and confounded the Jews which dwelt at Damascus, proving that this is very Christ.
- Acts 19:32Some therefore cried one thing, and some another: for the assembly was confused; and the more part knew not wherefore they were come together.
- Acts 21:27And when the seven days were almost ended, the Jews which were of Asia, when they saw him in the temple, stirred up all the people, and laid hands on him,
- Acts 21:31And as they went about to kill him, tidings came unto the chief captain of the band, that all Jerusalem was in an uproar.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
συγχέω:
[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] uses present and imperfect active and 2nd pers. singular aorist σύγχεᾰς [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.366, but more frequently _Epic dialect_)]aorist συνέχευα, infinitive συγχεῦαι, aorist passive σύγχῠτο:—aorist passive -εχύθην [ῠ], for which -εχέθην is falsa lectio in [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollodorus Damascenus Mechanicus 1.7.2, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DMar.” 9.2)]:—pour together, commingle, confound, συνέχευε ποσὶν καὶ χερσὶν [τὰ ἀθύρματα] [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.364; τὰ διακεκριμένα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 46e; ἄνω κάτω τὰ πάντα σ. ὁμοῦ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 349)]; σ. τὰς ψήφους mix them up, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 5.18; τὰ σύμβολα 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.173; τὰς τάξεις 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.40.13)]; τὰς ὄψεις, of lightning, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 1.118)]:—passive, ἡνία δέ σφι σύγχυτο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.471)]; μεταλλεῖα συγκεχυμένα in confusion, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 678d; τὴν κρόκην καὶ τοὺς στήμονας συγκεχυμένους διακρίνομεν [prev. author] “Cra.” 388b.)]
2 obliterate, demolish, σ. τοὺς τάφους [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.127; τὴν ὁδόν [prev. author] 7.115; δῶμα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 615.)]
3 confuse, blur, τὰ γράμματα [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “IA” 37 (_anapaest meter_), compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione Animalium” 721b34 (_passive_), “Aud.” 801b18 (_passive_))]; συγκεχυμένον μέλαν an indistinct black mark, [Refs ([prev. author] “HA” 585b34)]; φωνὴ σ. [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 1.8)]; πλαδαρὰ καὶ σ. σάρξ flabby and ill-defined flesh, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD(?): Theon Rhetor cited in 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 6.96)]; συνεκέχυτο δ᾽ ἔτι τοῦτο was still confused, not yet distinguished, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 15.30, compare 713.)]
II of the mind, confound, trouble, μή μοι σύγχει θυμόν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.612, compare 13.808; σὺν δὲ γέροντι νόος χύτο 24.358; συνεχέοντο αἱ γνῶμαι τῶν φαμένων 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.142; ὁ βίος δι᾽ ἀπιστίαν συγχυθήσεται 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Gnomologium Vaticanum - Kleine Schriften” 57)]: with the person as object, ἄνδρα γε συγχεῦαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.139, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.99:)] —passive, τί συγχυθεῖσ᾽ ἕστηκα; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 1005; μὴ ἀθυμείτω τις, ἐὰν συγχέηται 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 15.584.)]
II.2 confound, make of none effect, πολὺν κάματον καὶ ὸϊζὺν σύγχεας Ἀργείων [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.366, compare 473; τὴν πάρος σ. χάριν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1229)]; especially of contracts, engagements, etc., make of none effect, frustrate, violate, ἐπεὶ σύν γ᾽ ὅρκι᾽ ἔχευαν Τρῶες [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.269, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 379e, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Jusj.”, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 1063; τὰ πάντων ἀνθρώπων νόμιμα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.136, compare 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 4.1.2, “SIG” 45.33 (Halic., 5th c.BC))]; τὴν πολιτείαν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 24.91; ἁλίαν “Schwyzer” 323 D 28 (Delph., 4th c.BC))]; συγκέχυκε νῦν τὴν πίστιν ὁ καθ᾽ ἡμᾶς βίος [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 781, compare “OGI” 669.18 (Egypt, 1st c.AD))]; ξυνουσίαν [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Bis Acc.” 17:)] —passive, λέλυται πάντα, συγκέχυται [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 25.25.)]
III πόλεμον σ. stir up a war, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 4.10.3, 15.2.4, 28.17.6.)]
[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] uses present and imperfect active and 2nd pers. singular aorist σύγχεᾰς [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.366, but more frequently _Epic dialect_)]aorist συνέχευα, infinitive συγχεῦαι, aorist passive σύγχῠτο:—aorist passive -εχύθην [ῠ], for which -εχέθην is falsa lectio in [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollodorus Damascenus Mechanicus 1.7.2, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DMar.” 9.2)]:—pour together, commingle, confound, συνέχευε ποσὶν καὶ χερσὶν [τὰ ἀθύρματα] [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.364; τὰ διακεκριμένα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 46e; ἄνω κάτω τὰ πάντα σ. ὁμοῦ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 349)]; σ. τὰς ψήφους mix them up, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 5.18; τὰ σύμβολα 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.173; τὰς τάξεις 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.40.13)]; τὰς ὄψεις, of lightning, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 1.118)]:—passive, ἡνία δέ σφι σύγχυτο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.471)]; μεταλλεῖα συγκεχυμένα in confusion, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 678d; τὴν κρόκην καὶ τοὺς στήμονας συγκεχυμένους διακρίνομεν [prev. author] “Cra.” 388b.)]
2 obliterate, demolish, σ. τοὺς τάφους [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.127; τὴν ὁδόν [prev. author] 7.115; δῶμα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 615.)]
3 confuse, blur, τὰ γράμματα [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “IA” 37 (_anapaest meter_), compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione Animalium” 721b34 (_passive_), “Aud.” 801b18 (_passive_))]; συγκεχυμένον μέλαν an indistinct black mark, [Refs ([prev. author] “HA” 585b34)]; φωνὴ σ. [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 1.8)]; πλαδαρὰ καὶ σ. σάρξ flabby and ill-defined flesh, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD(?): Theon Rhetor cited in 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 6.96)]; συνεκέχυτο δ᾽ ἔτι τοῦτο was still confused, not yet distinguished, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 15.30, compare 713.)]
II of the mind, confound, trouble, μή μοι σύγχει θυμόν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.612, compare 13.808; σὺν δὲ γέροντι νόος χύτο 24.358; συνεχέοντο αἱ γνῶμαι τῶν φαμένων 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.142; ὁ βίος δι᾽ ἀπιστίαν συγχυθήσεται 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Gnomologium Vaticanum - Kleine Schriften” 57)]: with the person as object, ἄνδρα γε συγχεῦαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.139, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.99:)] —passive, τί συγχυθεῖσ᾽ ἕστηκα; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 1005; μὴ ἀθυμείτω τις, ἐὰν συγχέηται 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 15.584.)]
II.2 confound, make of none effect, πολὺν κάματον καὶ ὸϊζὺν σύγχεας Ἀργείων [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.366, compare 473; τὴν πάρος σ. χάριν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1229)]; especially of contracts, engagements, etc., make of none effect, frustrate, violate, ἐπεὶ σύν γ᾽ ὅρκι᾽ ἔχευαν Τρῶες [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.269, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 379e, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Jusj.”, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 1063; τὰ πάντων ἀνθρώπων νόμιμα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.136, compare 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 4.1.2, “SIG” 45.33 (Halic., 5th c.BC))]; τὴν πολιτείαν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 24.91; ἁλίαν “Schwyzer” 323 D 28 (Delph., 4th c.BC))]; συγκέχυκε νῦν τὴν πίστιν ὁ καθ᾽ ἡμᾶς βίος [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 781, compare “OGI” 669.18 (Egypt, 1st c.AD))]; ξυνουσίαν [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Bis Acc.” 17:)] —passive, λέλυται πάντα, συγκέχυται [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 25.25.)]
III πόλεμον σ. stir up a war, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 4.10.3, 15.2.4, 28.17.6.)]