to confound

Greek Verb

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)

to confound

Greek Verb

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, of lightning, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—passive, ἡνία δέ σφι σύγχυτο [Refs 8th c.BC+]; μεταλλεῖα συγκεχυμένα in confusion, [Refs 5th c.BC+] 2) obliterate, demolish, σ. τοὺς τάφους [Refs 5th c.BC+] 3) confuse, blur, τὰ γράμματα [Refs 4th c.BC+]; συγκεχυμένον μέλαν an indistinct black mark, [Refs]; φωνὴ σ. [Refs 1st c.BC+]; πλαδαρὰ καὶ σ. σάρξ flabby and ill-defined flesh, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; συνεκέχυτο δ᾽ ἔτι τοῦτο was still confused, not yet distinguished, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] II) of the mind, confound, trouble, μή μοι σύγχει θυμόν [Refs 8th c.BC+]: with the person as object, ἄνδρα γε συγχεῦαι [Refs 8th c.BC+] —passive, τί συγχυθεῖσ᾽ ἕστηκα; [Refs 5th c.BC+] II.2) confound, make of none effect, πολὺν κάματον καὶ ὸϊζὺν σύγχεας Ἀργείων [Refs 8th c.BC+]; especially of contracts, engagements, etc, make of none effect, frustrate, violate, ἐπεὶ σύν γ᾽ ὅρκι᾽ ἔχευαν Τρῶες [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τὴν πολιτείαν [Refs 4th c.BC+]; συγκέχυκε νῦν τὴν πίστιν ὁ καθ᾽ ἡμᾶς βίος [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ξυνουσίαν [Refs 2nd c.AD+] —passive, λέλυται πάντα, συγκέχυται [Refs 4th c.BC+] III) πόλεμον σ. stir up a war, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]

Greek

Verb

to commingle promiscuously, i.e. (figuratively) to throw (an assembly) into disorder, to perplex (the mind); confound, confuse, stir up, be in an uproar; from g4862 (σύν) and (to pour) or its alternate