Quick Definition
σύγχυσις, εως, ἡ n.f. confusion, disturbance
Strong's Definition
from 4797; commixture, i.e. (figuratively) riotous disturbance
KJV Usage: confusion
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -εως | χέω (pour)
39.43 · Hostility, Strife · Riot
uproar, revolt disorderly mob revolt, with special implications of uproar and disturbance In a number of languages the meaning of ‘riot’ may be best expressed as ‘people shouting strongly against’ or ‘people shouting and fighting against’ or ‘a mob shouting against the government.’
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Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
σύγχυσις synchusis 1x
pr. a pouring together; hence, confusion, commotion, tumult, uproar, Acts 19:29*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
σύγχυσις, -εως, ἡ
(< συγχέω), [in LXX: Ge 11:9 (בָּבֶל), I Ki 5:6, 12 (11) 14:20 (מְהוּמָה) * ;]
confusion: of a popular uproar, Ac 19:29.†
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
σύγχυσις (sugchusis) — confusion. σύγ-χῠσις, εως, ἡ, (συγχέω) mixture, confusion, confounding, ἡ τῶν ἄλλων (variant{ὅλων}) σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of Babel, [LXX+2nd c.BC+]; σ. λαβεῖν to be commingled, [Refs 1st c.AD+] ς. litterularum, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; political confusion, σ. τῆς πολιτείας[Refs 2nd c.BC+] __b formation of a compound, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
2. confusion, ruin, βίου, δόμων, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. θανάτου μεγάλη 'indiscriminate mortality' [LXX+4th c.BC+]
3. Grammars, of composition, confusion, indistinctness, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; opposed to εὐκρίνεια, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
4. an injury to the eye, syncopated hysis, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
II. of persons, confusion, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; σ. ἔχοντες confounded, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
III. of contracts and the like, violation, τῶν σπονδῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὴν τῶν ὅρκων καὶ σπονδῶν σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]
III.2. confusion, [NT+2nd c.BC+]
