syncheō · confuse, stir up

What it means

syncheō (συγχέω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “confuse, stir up”.

Confuse, bewilder; throw a crowd into an uproar.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Leave perplexed, at a loss.
2. Agitate a crowd; be in tumult.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• confusion ×2
• stirred up ×1
• was bewildered ×1
• was confounding ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Acts 2:6

  And when this sound occurred, the crowd came together and was bewildered, because each one was hearing them speaking in his own language.

• Acts 9:22

  But Saul was being strengthened all the more, and was confounding the Jews who lived in Damascus by proving that this man is the Messiah.

• Acts 19:32

  So some were shouting one thing and some another, for the assembly was in confusion, and most of them did not know why they had come together.

• Acts 21:27

  And when the seven days were about to be completed, the Jews from Asia, having seen him in the temple, stirred up the whole crowd and laid hands on him,

• Acts 21:31

  And while they were seeking to kill him, a report went up to the commander of the cohort that all Jerusalem was in confusion.