Confound
Confound
kon-found: The physical origin of spiritual terms is well illustrated by the principal Hebrew words for confounded (rendered also ashamed, etc.); , bosh, is to become pale (2Ki 19:26; Job 6:20; Psa 83:17; Psa 129:5 the King James Version; Isa 19:9, etc.); , hapher, to become red (Psa 35:4; Isa 1:29; Isa 24:23, the moon shall be confounded, Mic 3:7); , yabhash, to be dried up (Jer 46:24 the King James Version; Jer 48:1, Jer 48:20 the King James Version; Jer 50:2 the King James Version; Zec 10:5); , kalam, to blush (Psa 69:6 the King James Version; Isa 41:11, etc.). In Gen 11:7, Gen 11:9, of the confusion of tongues, the word is , balal, to mix, mingle. In Jer 1:17 the King James Version it is , hathath, to bring or put down.
In New Testament, kataischuno, to put to shame (1Co 1:27 the King James Version; 1Pe 2:6 the King James Version); and sugchuno, to pour together, bewilder (Act 2:6; Act 9:22). the Revised Version (British and American) frequently gives ashamed and put to shame instead of confounded.