συγχέω: G4797
To confound, throw into confusion; to stir up, bewilder, or create uproar among people.
This vivid verb literally means to pour together or mix up, but in Acts it consistently describes the social and psychological upheaval caused by unexpected events. When the crowd at Pentecost heard their own languages spoken, they were 'confounded' (Acts 2:6). Saul's powerful preaching threw the Damascus Jews into confusion (Acts 9:22), and mob chaos in Ephesus and Jerusalem shows the word's capacity for both inner bewilderment and outward riot. Spanish captures both dimensions with 'confundir' (bewilder) and 'alborotar' (create uproar).
Senses
1. sense 1 — To throw into confusion or uproar — whether the internal bewilderment of a crowd that cannot process what they are witnessing (Acts 2:6, the multilingual miracle at Pentecost) or the external chaos of a rioting mob (Acts 19:32, Acts 21:27). Spanish 'confundir' and 'alborotar' together capture the full range: cognitive disorientation and social upheaval. All five NT occurrences appear in Acts, reflecting Luke's interest in the turbulent public response to the gospel's advance. 5×
AR["أَثَارُوا", "أَرْبَكَ", "اِرْتَبَكُوا", "مُضْطَرِبًا", "مُضْطَرِبَةٌ"]·ben["তারা-বিভ্রান্ত-করল", "বিভ্রান্ত", "বিভ্রান্ত-করছিল", "বিভ্রান্ত-হইল", "বিশৃঙ্খলায়-আছে"]·DE["συγκεχυμένη", "συνέχεον", "συνέχυννεν", "συνεχύθη", "συνχύννεται"]·EN["confused", "is-in-confusion", "was-confounding", "was-confused", "were-stirring-up"]·FR["confondre"]·heb["בִּלְבֵּל", "הֵסִיתוּ", "מְבֻלְבֶּלֶת", "נִבְלְלָה", "נָבוֹכוּ"]·HI["अशान्त-है", "अस्तव्यस्त", "उकसाया", "घबराता-था", "सुनता-था"]·ID["bingung", "bingung,", "kacau", "membingungkan", "mengacaukan"]·IT["confondere"]·jav["bingung,", "kacau", "kisruh", "ngbingungi", "ngobrak-abrik"]·KO["당황하게-했다", "소동시켰다", "혹란스러웠다", "혼란스러웠다", "혼란에-빠졌다"]·PT["agitaram", "confundia", "confusa,", "estava-em-confusão", "ficou-confusa"]·RU["в-смятении", "возмутили", "приводил-в-замешательство", "смешанным,", "смутилось,"]·ES["alborotaban", "confundida", "confundía", "está-en-confusión", "fue-confundida"]·SW["aliwavuruga", "ilichanganyika", "imechanganyikiwa", "walichanganyikiwa", "walicharua"]·TR["karışmış", "karıştırıyorlardı", "karışıyor", "şaşırdı", "şaşırtıyordu"]·urd["الجھی", "حیران-ہوئی", "فساد-میں-ہے", "پریشان-کرتا-تھا", "ہلچل-مچا-دی"]
Related Senses
G2309 1. want, desire (166×)G0025 1. to love actively (133×)H0157 1. love (verb, active Qal) (129×)H8055 1. Qal: rejoice, be glad (123×)H7453 1. neighbor, fellow man (120×)G0026 1. of love (115×)H1058 1. Qal: to weep, cry (112×)H0954 1. to be ashamed, feel shame (Qal) (95×)H8057 1. joy, gladness, delight (90×)H2781 1. disgrace, shame, dishonor (68×)G2307 1. will, desire, purpose (63×)G5463 1. rejoice, be glad (63×)G0027 1. beloved (61×)H8130 1. Qal: to hate, detest (60×)G5479 1. (59×)G1680 1. (53×)H8130 2. Qal ptcp: hater, enemy (53×)H0014 1. be willing, want (51×)H0157 2. lover, friend (Qal participle substantive) (51×)H1945 1. woe (50×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
συγχέω: Refs 8th c.BC+ uses present and imperfect active and 2nd pers. singular aorist σύγχεᾰς Refs 8th c.BC+aorist συνέχευα, infinitive συγχεῦαι, aorist passive σύγχῠτο:—aorist passive -εχύθην [ῠ], for which -εχέθην is falsa lectio in Refs 2nd c.AD+:—pour together, commingle, confound, συνέχευε ποσὶν καὶ χερσὶν [τὰ ἀθύρματα] Refs 8th c.BC+; σ. τὰς ψήφους mix them up, Refs 4th c.BC+; τὰς ὄψεις,…