12 occurrences in 9 translations

'Confound' in the Bible

Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.

Verse ConceptsConfusion, Examples OfScattering The PeoplesLanguages SeparatedLanguage

I will send my fear before thee, and confound every people to which thou comest, and will make all thine enemies turn their back to thee.

Verse ConceptsConfusionenemies, of Israel and JudahTurning One's BackPuzzlementTerror Of Godterrorism

But Jehovah thy God will give them up before thee, and will confound them with great consternation, until they are destroyed.

Verse ConceptsConfusionDisorder Among The Nations

You [evildoers] shamefully plan against the poor,But the Lord is his safe refuge.

Verse ConceptsPlansPoverty, Remedies ForGod And The PoorPoor, The Wicked Response ToShaming People

“Then the spirit of the Egyptians will be demoralized within them;And I will confound their strategy,So that they will resort to idols and ghosts of the deadAnd to mediums and spiritists.

Verse ConceptsadvisersHuman EmotionGuidance, Need For God'sHeart, HumanMediumsPessimismPlansSpiritsDivinationNecromancyLosing CourageOccultismOccult Being Powerless Before God

therefore I will again confound these peoplewith wonder after wonder.The wisdom of their wise men will vanish,and the understanding of the perceptive will be hidden.

Verse ConceptsFolly, Examples OfIntelligencePhilosophyReasonShrewdnessThoughtWisdom, Source Of HumanInventionsFalse WisdomWorldly WisdomDiscernment

Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I command thee: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I confound thee before them.

Verse ConceptsReadinessReady To SpeakSpeaking The Word God Gives

For it is written, "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the intelligence of the intelligent I will confound."

Verse ConceptsAdvice, From GodIntelligenceShrewdnessGod DestroyingFalse WisdomWorldly WisdomWisdomDiscernmenttechnologywise

But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;

Verse ConceptsMidgetsChosen InstrumentsWeakness, SpiritualSmall Things God UsesFoolishness Of GodFoolishness Of MenShaming PeopleChosen DisciplesWise Man Or FoolMighty in its influenceWeakness

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Confound (12 instances)
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Surprise (46 instances)

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Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
בּוּשׁ 
Buwsh 
Usage: 119

בּלל 
Balal 
Usage: 43

חפר 
Chapher 
Usage: 17

חתת 
Chathath 
Usage: 48

יבשׁ 
Yabesh 
Usage: 69

כּלם 
Kalam 
Usage: 38

καταισχύνω 
Kataischuno 
Usage: 13

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

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