62 occurrences in 10 translations

'Confounded' in the Bible

Therefore was its name called Babel; because Jehovah there confounded the language of the whole earth. And Jehovah scattered them thence over the face of the whole earth.

Verse ConceptsConfusion, Examples OfScattering The PeoplesLanguages SeparatedLanguage

And the Lord confounded them before Israel, and He slew them with a great slaughter at Gibeon, and pursued them by the way of the ascent of Beth-horon and struck them as far as Azekah and Makkedah.

Verse ConceptsConfusionCarnage

And they stay till confounded, and lo, he is not opening the doors of the upper chamber, and they take the key, and open, and lo, their lord is fallen to the earth -- dead.

Verse ConceptsKeys

Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up.

Verse ConceptsColors, GreenPlantsTendernessWicked Described AsScorchingLike GrassNo Strength Left

And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my robe, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down confounded.

Verse ConceptsMantlesCloaksClothing, Tearing OfBeardsHairsDressTrimming Facial HairHair PluckingThose Who Tore Clothes

Then were assembled unto me every one that trembled at the words of the God of Israel, because of the trespass of them of the captivity; and I sat confounded until the evening oblation.

Verse ConceptsReverence, And God's NatureMiscegenation (racial Intermarriage)TremblingAction Until Evening

They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed.

Verse ConceptsOptimismDisappointment

They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.

Verse ConceptsdefeatNot DisappointedBelief In GodDisappointment

Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.

Verse ConceptsGod, As SaviordisgracePrayer, As Asking GodTrapPlottingAttempting To Kill MeHurtDisappointmenthurting

Instead, let those who gloat over the evil directed against me be ashamed and confounded together; Let those who exalt themselves over me be clothed with shame and dishonor.

Verse ConceptsConfusionHumiliationClothed With Bad ThingsRejoicing In EvilHurt

Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil.

Verse ConceptsConfusiondisgraceAttempting To Kill MeHurtDisappointmenthurting

Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord GOD of hosts, be ashamed for my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel.

Verse ConceptsNot Put To ShameLosing Honour

Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt.

Verse ConceptsConfusionConfusion, Nature OfdisgraceSuffering, Of The InnocentAttempting To Kill MeHurthurting

Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt.

Verse ConceptsBlamedisgraceHurt

My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt.

Verse ConceptsConfusionTongueHurt

Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be put to shame, and perish:

Verse ConceptsDisappointment

Confounded be all they that serve graven images, that boast themselves of idols: worship him, all ye gods.

Verse ConceptsFate Of IdolatersShame Of IdolatryWorship God!

For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen.

Verse ConceptsGarden, NaturaldisgraceShrinesAnimismOaksShame Of Idolatry

Moreover they that work in fine flax, and they that weave networks, shall be confounded.

Verse ConceptsFlaxHope, Results Of Its AbsenceLinenSpinning And WeavingDespair

And they shall be dismayed and confounded, because of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory.

Verse ConceptsAfricaexpectations

Stop and take some time and wonder [at this prophecy],Blind yourselves and be blinded [at its fulfillment by your spiritual incompetence].They are drunk, but not from wine;They stagger, but not from strong drink.

Verse ConceptsAmazingdrinkingStaggeringStrong DrinkBlindingGod Making DrunkOther Blindinguncertaintybeerdrunkards

Mourned, languished hath the land, Confounded hath been Lebanon, Withered hath been Sharon as a wilderness, And shaking are Bashan and Carmel.

Verse ConceptsdrynessThe Prophecy Towards LebanonMourning Due To Catastrophe

Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded: they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up.

Verse ConceptsGrassPlantsTendernessMan As GrassScorchingLike GrassNo Strength Left

Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with thee shall perish.

Verse ConceptsShame Will ComeUnnamed People Angry With Others

They shall be ashamed, and also confounded, all of them: they shall go to confusion together that are makers of idols.

Verse ConceptsdisgraceBeing AshamedShameFate Of IdolatersShame Of IdolatryDisappointmentSolar Eclipse

But Israel shall be saved in the LORD with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end.

Verse ConceptsGod, The EternalSalvation, Described AsEternal DeliveranceGod Saves The NeedyNot Put To ShameBeing Savedeternityisrael

For the Lord GOD will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed.

Verse ConceptsFlintNot AshamedProtection, From GodSteadfastness, Examples OfDeterminationWhole HeartednessGod HelpsDisappointmentStaying Strong During Hard Times

Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more.

Verse ConceptsYouthCoping With DeathLimitations Of YouthForgetting ThingsEliminating ShameNot Put To ShameDisappointmentBeing ScaredRemoving People From Your Lifelonliness

For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, How are we spoiled! we are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land, because our dwellings have cast us out.

Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.

Verse ConceptsFools, Characteristics OfIdolatry, Objections ToHaving No BreathFoolishness Of MenShame Of IdolatryDisappointmentHinduism

And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the pits, and found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads.

Verse ConceptsCisternsNoblesDry PlacesSeeking WaterShaming People

She that hath borne seven languisheth: she hath given up the ghost; her sun is gone down while it was yet day: she hath been ashamed and confounded: and the residue of them will I deliver to the sword before their enemies, saith the LORD.

Verse ConceptsHumiliationThe SunSeven ChildrenLife Cut ShortGod Will Cause Defeat

Let them be confounded that persecute me, but let not me be confounded: let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed: bring upon them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction.

Verse ConceptsDouble Penalty

The wind shall eat up all thy pastors, and thy lovers shall go into captivity: surely then shalt thou be ashamed and confounded for all thy wickedness.

Verse ConceptsdisgraceWindShame Of Bad Conduct

Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth.

Verse ConceptsHumiliationSelf RespectExamining YourselfThighsBeating OneselfRepentanceShame Has Come

The daughter of Egypt shall be confounded; she shall be delivered into the hand of the people of the north.

Against Moab thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Woe unto Nebo! for it is spoiled: Kiriathaim is confounded and taken: Misgab is confounded and dismayed.

Verse ConceptsFortressesRuinsWoe To The WickedCapturing Cities

Moab is confounded; for it is broken down: howl and cry; tell ye it in Arnon, that Moab is spoiled,

Verse ConceptsRivers And StreamsArnonRiver Arnon

Concerning Damascus. Hamath is confounded, and Arpad: for they have heard evil tidings: they are fainthearted; there is sorrow on the sea; it cannot be quiet.

Verse ConceptsNewsRestlessnessSeaSea, Metaphorical ReferencesAnxiety And Feardamascusreassurance

Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces; her idols are confounded, her images are broken in pieces.

Verse ConceptsFalse GodsBabylon DestroyedFlagsCapturing Cities

Your mother shall be sore confounded; she that bare you shall be ashamed: behold, the hindermost of the nations shall be a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.

Verse ConceptsBabylonWildernessDry PlacesShame Will ComeDeserts Used Figuratively

Every man is brutish by his knowledge; every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.

Verse ConceptsCraftsmenFools, Characteristics OfHaving No BreathFoolishness Of MenShame Of IdolatryThose Who Were Ignorant

Therefore, behold, the days come, that I will do judgment upon the graven images of Babylon: and her whole land shall be confounded, and all her slain shall fall in the midst of her.

Verse ConceptsCondemnation Of BabylonAbandoning IdolsThe judgment of babylon

We are confounded, because we have heard reproach: shame hath covered our faces: for strangers are come into the sanctuaries of the LORD'S house.

Verse ConceptsdisgraceHoliness,  Worldly SeparationInsultsLove, And The WorldForeigners In The Holy PlacesInterlopers In The TempleShame Has ComeAliensExamples Of Patriotism

And behold, I stretched out my hand over thee, and diminished thine appointed portion; and I gave thee over unto the will of them that hate thee, the daughters of the Philistines, who were confounded at thy lewd way.

Verse ConceptsLewdnessStretching OutEvil DesiresPeople Being HatedShame Of Bad ConductThey Committed ImmoralityGod Will Cause DefeatGreedbehavior

Thou also, which hast judged thy sisters, bear thine own shame for thy sins that thou hast committed more abominable than they: they are more righteous than thou: yea, be thou confounded also, and bear thy shame, in that thou hast justified thy sisters.

Verse ConceptsAppearancesPeople In RighteousnessShame Has ComeGod's People Sinning

That thou mayest bear thine own shame, and mayest be confounded in all that thou hast done, in that thou art a comfort unto them.

Verse ConceptsBearingHuman ComfortShame Has Come

And thou shalt remember thy ways, and be confounded, when thou shalt receive thy sisters who are older than thou, together with those who are younger than thou; for I will give them unto thee for daughters, but not by virtue of thy covenant.

Verse ConceptsShamePeople RememberingRelated NationsShame Of Bad ConductBuilding Relationships

That thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and never open thy mouth any more because of thy shame, when I am pacified toward thee for all that thou hast done, saith the Lord GOD.

Verse ConceptsMutenessBeing AshamedSilencePeople RememberingShame Of Bad ConductGod Will ForgiveShame Has Come

Not for your sakes do I this, saith the Lord GOD, be it known unto you: be ashamed and confounded for your own ways, O house of Israel.

Verse ConceptsNot For The SakeShame Of Bad Conduct

Thou, son of man, shew the house to the house of Israel, that they may be confounded at their iniquities; and let them measure the pattern.

Verse ConceptsShameDesignPlans For A New Temple

And if they be confounded at all that they have done, make known to them the form of the house, and its fashion, and its goings out, and its comings in, and all its forms, and all its statutes, yea, all the forms thereof, and all the laws thereof; and write it in their sight, that they may keep the whole form thereof, and all the statutes thereof, and do them.

Verse ConceptsDesignPlans For A New TempleShame Of Bad ConductThe Law Given To Israelstructure

Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his countenance was changed in him, and his nobles were confounded.

Verse ConceptsTroubleFear, Of UnknownExpressions On FacesPuzzlementPeople Appalled

Be confounded, O ye husbandmen, wail, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; for the harvest of the field is perished.

Verse ConceptsGrainHarvestOccupationsDestroying VineyardsPloughmenNot Reaping What You Sow

Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded: yea, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer of God.

Verse ConceptsCovering The MouthSeersVeilsOccultismGod Not AnsweringShame Will ComeDisappointmentwitchesOccult Being Powerless Before God

The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might: they shall lay their hand upon their mouth, their ears shall be deaf.

Verse ConceptsDeafnessSpiritual DeafnessPeople Being SilentDrawbacks To Man's PowerShame Will ComeUnhearing

Ashkelon will see it and be afraid.Gaza too will writhe in great pain;Also Ekron, for her expectation has been confounded.Moreover, the king will perish from Gaza,And Ashkelon will not be inhabited.

Verse ConceptsAgony, God's JudgmentdrynessHope, Of The WickedHope, Nature OfPessimismEmpty CitiesPhysical PainFear Will ComeWithout HopePleasurableness

And they shall be as mighty men, which tread down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle: and they shall fight, because the LORD is with them, and the riders on horses shall be confounded.

Verse ConceptsCavalryGod With YouRiding HorsesTrampling PeopleMarshesShaming PeopleFighting EnemiesSpiritual Warfareheroes

Bible Theasaurus

Baffled (6 instances)
Bewildered (24 instances)
Confound (12 instances)
Confounded (66 instances)
Confuse (10 instances)
Confused (28 instances)
Hateful (20 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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