Strong's G4799: σύγχυσις (sýnchysis) Meaning

Quick Definition

σύγχυσις, εως, ἡ n.f. confusion, disturbance

Strong's Definition

commixture, i.e. (figuratively) riotous disturbance

Derivation: from G4797 (συγχέω);

KJV Usage: confusion

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

σύγχυσις (G4799)

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.’

ACT 19:29

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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, 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.†

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-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+]

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.† (AS)

Bible Occurrences (1)

19:29

G4799 σύγχυσις (sýnchysis)