Definition

to commingle promiscuously, i.e. (figuratively) to throw (an assembly) into disorder, to perplex (the mind)

Etymology

from G4862 (σύν) and (to pour) or its alternate;

Where the KJV renders it

• confound
• confuse
• stir up
• be in an uproar

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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