Quick Definition
confusion, disturbance
Strong's Definition
commixture, i.e. (figuratively) riotous disturbance
Derivation: from G4797 (συγχέω);
KJV Usage: confusion
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
σύγχυσις, συγχύσεως, ἡ (συγχέω) (from Euripides, Thucydides, Plato down), confusion, disturbance: of riotous persons, Act_19:29 (1Sa_5:11).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
σύγχυσις synchusis 1x
pr. a pouring together; hence, confusion, commotion, tumult, uproar, Act_19:29
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
σύγχυσις , -εως , ἡ
( < συγχέω ),
[in LXX : Gen_11:9 ( H894 ), 1Sa_5:6 ; 1Sa_5:12 (11) 1Sa_14:20 ( H4103 ) * ;]
confusion: of a popular uproar, Act_19:29 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
σύγχυσις [page 595]
confusion, disturbance ( Act_19:29 ) : cf. P Flor I. 36 .10 (beg. iv/A.D.) τὸν γάμον ἐν συνχίσι ( l. συγχύσ <ε >ι ) ποιῆσαι , P Cairo Preis 4 .15 (A.D. 320) ἵνα μ̣ηδεμία̣ σ [ύ ]νχυσις κατὰ τοὺς αὐτοὺς ( sc. καρποὺς ) γένηται , ἐπ̣ιδίδωμι κτλ ., and Syll 316 (= .3 684) .7 (B.C. 139?) ἀρχηγὸς τῆς ὅλης συγχύσεως . See also Epicurus Ep. II. 88 οὗ ( sc. κόσμου ) λυομένου πάντα τὰ ἐν αὐτῷ σύγχυσιν λήψεται , whose dissolution will cause all within it to fall into confusion (Bailey), and Cicero ad Att. vi. 9. 1 σύγχυσιν litterularum , vii. 8. 4 σύγχυσιν τῆς πολιτείας .
The verb συγχόω is seen in BGU II. 530 .19 (i/A.D.) (= Selections , p. 61) ὁ ὑδραγωγὸς συνεχώσθη ὑπὸ τῆς ἄμμου , the water-channel was choked with sand, and similarly P Tebt I. 50 .12, .21 (B.C. 112 1). Cf. also P Lond 1177 .313 (A.D. 113) (=III. p. 189).
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
σύγχυσις σύγχυ^σις, εως, [Etym: συγχέω] "a commixture, confusion", Eur. ; ς. ἔχειν "to be confounded", id=Eur. of contracts and treaties, "a violation", Thuc. , etc.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
σύγχυσις, -εως, ἡ
(συγχέω), [in LXX: Gen.11:9 (בָּבֶל), 1Ki.5:6 5:12(11) 1Ki.14:20 (מְהוּמָה) * ;]
confusion: of a popular uproar, Act.19:29.†
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