13 occurrences

'Confusion' in the Bible

The king replied, "How is the young man Absalom?" Ahimaaz replied, "I saw a great deal of confusion when Joab was sending the king's servant and me, your servant, but I don't know what it was all about."

For the sovereign master, the Lord who commands armies, has planned a day of panic, defeat, and confusion. In the Valley of Vision people shout and cry out to the hill.

Listen to the cattle groan! The herds of livestock wander around in confusion because they have no pasture. Even the flocks of sheep are suffering.

The best of them is like a thorn; the most godly among them are more dangerous than a row of thorn bushes. The day you try to avoid by posting watchmen -- your appointed time of punishment -- is on the way, and then you will experience confusion.

In that day," says the Lord, "I will strike every horse with confusion and its rider with madness. I will pay close attention to the house of Judah, but will strike all the horses of the nations with blindness.

On that day there will be great confusion from the Lord among them; they will seize each other and attack one another violently.

They came to the house of the synagogue ruler where he saw noisy confusion and people weeping and wailing loudly.

When this sound occurred, a crowd gathered and was in confusion, because each one heard them speaking in his own language.

When they had brought them before the magistrates, they said, "These men are throwing our city into confusion. They are Jews

They caused confusion among the crowd and the city officials who heard these things.

So then some were shouting one thing, some another, for the assembly was in confusion, and most of them did not know why they had met together.

While they were trying to kill him, a report was sent up to the commanding officer of the cohort that all Jerusalem was in confusion.

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
בּוּשׁ 
Buwsh 
Usage: 119

בּשׁת 
Bosheth 
Usage: 30

חפר 
Chapher 
Usage: 17

כּלם 
Kalam 
Usage: 38

כּלמּה 
K@limmah 
Usage: 30

קלון 
Qalown 
Usage: 17

רעשׁ 
Ra`ash 
Usage: 17

תּבל 
Tebel 
Usage: 2

תּהוּ 
Tohuw 
Usage: 20

ἀκαταστασία 
Akatastasia 
Usage: 4

συγχέω 
Sugcheo 
confound , confuse , be in an uproar , stir up
Usage: 5

σύγχυσις 
Sugchusis 
Usage: 1

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