Mevukhah מְבוּכָה
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| מְבוּכָה | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | mevukhah |
| Strong's number | H3998 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | feminine noun |
| Gloss | confusion |
| Occurrences | 2 in 2 verses |
| Most frequent in | Isaiah (1) |
Mevukhah (Hebrew מְבוּכָה, Strong's H3998) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “confusion”. It occurs 2 times in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
confusion, perplexity, confounding
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | perplexity (2) |
|---|---|
| BSB | confusion (1), their confusion (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Mevukhah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Isaiah
- Isaiah 22:5For it is a day of trouble, and of treading down, and of perplexity by the Lord God of hosts in the valley of vision, breaking down the walls, and of crying to the mountains.For the Lord GOD of Hosts has set a day of tumult and trampling and confusion in the Valley of Vision— of breaking down the walls and crying to the mountains.
Micah
- Micah 7:4The best of them is as a brier: the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen and thy visitation cometh; now shall be their perplexity.The best of them is like a brier; the most upright is sharper than a hedge of thorns. The day for your watchmen has come, the day of your visitation. Now is the time of their confusion.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).