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== King James Dictionary <ref name="term_59014" /> == | == King James Dictionary <ref name="term_59014" /> == | ||
<p> [[Confusion,]] n. </p> 1. In a general sense, a mixture of several things promiscuously hence, disorder irregularity as the confusion of tongues at Babel. 2. [[Tumult]] want of order in society. <p> The whole city was filled with confusion. Acts 19 . </p> <p> God is not the author of confusion. 1 Corinthians 14 . </p> 3. [[A]] blending or confounding indistinct combination opposed to distinctness or perspicuity as a confusion of ideas. 4. Abashment shame. <p> [[O]] Lord, let me never be put to confusion. Psalms 71 . </p> <p> We lie in shame and our confusion covereth us. Jeremiah 3 . </p> 5. [[Astonishment]] agitation perturbation distraction of mind. <p> [[Confusion]] dwelt in every face. </p> 6. [[Overthrow]] defeat ruin. <p> The makers of idols shall go to confusion together. Isaiah 45 . </p> 7. [[A]] shameful blending of natures, a shocking crime. Leviticus 18:23,20:12 . | |||
== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_103555" /> == | |||
<p> '''(1):''' (n.) The state of being abashed or disconcerted; loss self-possession; perturbation; shame. </p> <p> '''(2):''' (n.) Overthrow; defeat; ruin. </p> <p> '''(3):''' (n.) One who confuses; a confounder. </p> <p> '''(4):''' (n.) The state of being mixed or blended so as to produce indistinctness or error; indistinct combination; disorder; tumult. </p> | |||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_2666" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_2666" /> == | ||
<p> '''''kon''''' -'''''fū´zhun''''' ( בּשׁת , <i> '''''bōsheth''''' </i> , "shame, paleness," כּלמּה , <i> '''''kelimmāh''''' </i> , "blushing," תּהוּ , <i> '''''tōhū''''' </i> ; ἀκαταστασία , <i> '''''akatastası́a''''' </i> , σύγχυσις , <i> '''''súgchusis''''' </i> ): In the Old [[Testament]] <i> '''''bōsheth''''' </i> ( 1 Samuel 20:30; Psalm 109:29 the King James Version) and <i> '''''kelimmāh''''' </i> ( Psalm 44:15; Isaiah 30:3 ) are the words most frequently translated "confusion"; <i> '''''tōhū''''' </i> , "wastiness," "emptiness" is so translated ( Isaiah 24:10; Isaiah 34:11; Isaiah 41:29 ), also <i> '''''ḳālōn''''' </i> , "lightness," "contempt" ( Job 10:15 = ignominy, the American Standard Revised Version) and <i> '''''tebhel''''' </i> , "profanation" ( Leviticus 18:23; Leviticus 20:12 ); <i> '''''ra‛ash''''' </i> , "shaking," "trembling," rendered "confused" in Isaiah 9:5 the King James Version; compare the Revised Version (British and American). Greek <i> '''''akatastasia''''' </i> , "instability" is translated "confusion" ( 1 Corinthians 14:33; James 3:16 ); <i> '''''sugchusis''''' </i> , "a pouring out together" ( Acts 19:29 ). In The Wisdom of [[Solomon]] 14:26, "changing of kind" (the King James Version) is rendered "confusion of sex." </p> | |||
==References == | ==References == | ||
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<ref name="term_59014"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/king-james-dictionary/confusion Confusion from King James Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_103555"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/confusion Confusion from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_2666"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/confusion Confusion from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref> | |||
</references> | </references> | ||
