21 occurrences

'Confusion' in the Bible

" 'I will release my terror before you, and I will throw into confusion all the people against whom you come, and I will {make all your enemies turn their back to you}.

And Yahweh threw Sisera and all his chariots and army into confusion before {the edge of Barak's sword}; and Sisera dismounted from [his] chariot and fled on foot.

After they moved it, the hand of Yahweh was against the city, causing a very great confusion, and he struck the men of the city {from the youngest to the oldest}, causing tumors to break out on them.

So they sent and gathered all the rulers of [the] Philistines, and they said, "Send away the ark of the God of Israel and let it return to its place, so that it will not kill us and our people." For a {deadly confusion} was throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy there.

{While} Samuel [was] sacrificing the burnt offering, [the] Philistines drew near for the battle against Israel. But Yahweh thundered against [the] Philistines with a great noise on that day and threw them into confusion so that they were defeated before Israel.

Then Saul and all the troops who were with him were assembled on command and came up to the battle, and look! Each [Philistine's] sword [was] against his friend; [and there was] a very great confusion.

When Ahab saw Elijah, Ahab said to him, "[Is] this you [who] throws Israel into confusion?"

He said, "I did not throw Israel into confusion; rather you and the house of your father [have] by forsaking the commands of Yahweh when you went after the Baals!

Nation was crushed by nation, and city [was] against city, for God threw them into confusion by all [sorts of] trouble.

Yahweh has mixed a spirit of confusion into her midst, and they have caused Egypt to stagger in all of its doings, as {when a drunkard staggers} in his vomit.

For the Lord Yahweh of hosts has a day of tumult and trampling and confusion in [the] valley of vision, tearing down of walls and a cry for help to the mountains.

But [the] large bird and [the] hedgehog shall take possession of it, and [the] owl and [the] raven shall live in it. And he shall stretch [the] measuring line of confusion out over it, and [the] plumb line of emptiness.

The best of them [is] like a brier; [the most] upright [worse] than a thorn hedge. The day of your watchman, your punishment, has come; now their confusion will come.

On that day,' {declares} Yahweh, 'I will strike every horse with confusion, and the one riding it with madness; but over the house of Judah {I will keep my eyes open}, and I will strike every horse of the peoples with blindness.

And [when] this sound occurred, the crowd gathered and was in confusion, because each one was hearing them speaking in his own language.

Because we have heard that some have gone out from among us--to whom we gave no orders--[and] have thrown you into confusion by words upsetting your {minds},

And [when they] had brought them to the chief magistrates, they said, "These men are throwing our city into confusion, being Jews,

And they threw the crowd into confusion, and the city officials who heard these [things].

So some were shouting [one thing] [and] some another, for the assembly was in confusion, and the majority did not know {why} they had assembled.

And [as they] were seeking to kill him, a report came up to the military tribune of the cohort that all Jerusalem was in confusion.

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Root Form
Definition
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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