Quick Definition
συγχέω v. I bewilder, stir up
Strong's Definition
from 4862 and cheo (to pour) or its alternate; to commingle promiscuously, i.e. (figuratively) to throw (an assembly) into disorder, to perplex (the mind)
KJV Usage: confound, confuse, stir up, be in an uproar
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | impf. συνέχεον, συνέχυννον · aor.pass. συνεχύθην · pf.pass. συγκέχυμαι | χέω (pour)
25.221 · Attitudes and Emotions · Surprise, Astonish
to cause consternation, to confound (figurative extension of meaning of συγχέω or συγχύννω ‘to pour together, to mix,’ not occurring in the NT) to cause such astonishment as to bewilder and dismay It is also possible to render this expression in ACT 21:27 as ‘they stirred up the whole crowd.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
συγ-χέω, συγ-χύνω, and συγ-χύννω, [T WH our (cf. σύν, II. fin.)] (see ἐκχέω, init.): impf., 3 pers. sing. cuvexuve (Acts ix. 22 RG Τῷ ΤΥ, τχυννεν T WH), 3 pers. plur. συνέχεον (Acts xxi. 27 RGT Tr WH [but some would make this a 2 aor., see reff. 5. v. éxxew, init.]); 1 aor. 3 pers. plur. συνέχεαν (Acts xxi. 27 L [see ἐκχέω, init.]); Pass., pres. 3 pers. sing. cvy(T WH συν-)χύννεται (Acts xxi. 31 LT Tr WH); pf. 3 pers. sing. συγκέχυται (Acts xxi. 31 RG), ptep. fem. cvy(T WH συν-)κεχυμένη (Acts xix. 32 RGLTTr WH); 1 aor. 3 pers. sing. συνεχύθη (Acts ii. 6 RGLTTr WH); fr. Hom. down; to pour together, commingle: ἦν ἡ ἐκκλησία συγκεχυμένη, Was irregularly assembled [4]. ‘in confusion’], Acts xix. 32; to disturb, τινά, the mind of one, to stir up to tumult or outbreak, Acts xxi. 27, 31; to confound or bewilder, Acts ii 6; ix. 22.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
συγχέω syncheō 5x
to pour together, mingle by pouring together; hence, to confound, perplex, amaze, Acts 2:6; to confound in dispute, Acts 9:22; to throw into confusion, fill with uproar, Acts 19:32; 21:27, 31*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
συν-χέω
(Rec. συγ-), [in LXX for בּלל, רגז, etc. ;]
to pour together, commingle, confuse; metaph., confound, throw into confusion, stir up trouble: Ac 21:27 (cf. συν-χύννω).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
συνχέω, lit. ‘‘pour together,” ‘‘ confuse,” is used metaph. in Ac2T20— δὲ 5 ΠΡ ἢ amultituders| chsh eid ΝΣ Σ 38 (|| A.D.) (= II. p. 149) ὃ κόσμος ὅλος συνχυθήσεται, and P Oxy XVI. 18734 (late v/A.D.) ἔχω συνκεχυ[μ]ένος τοὺς λογισμούς, “1 feel my reasoning faculties confused” (Edd.). See also OG/S 66938 (i/A.D.) μηδὲ cvv<xecr τὴν κοινὴν πίστιν ol τῆι πρωτοπραξίᾳ πρὸς ἃ μὴ (ι) Set καταχρώμενοι, and Sy// 888 (= 3 1238)15 (c. Α.Ὁ. 160) where a curse is invoked on those who attempt ἢ συνθραῦσαι ἢ συγχέαι τῆς μορφῆς Kal τοῦ σχήματος. We may add from Menander /ragm. p. 217, No. 781— συγκέχυκε νῦν τὴν πίστιν ὁ Kad’ ἡμᾶς βίος, ‘life nowadays has upset loyalty.”’
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
συγχέω (sugcheō) — to confound. 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+]