The city of confusion is broken down: every house is shut up, that no man may come in.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 24:10 · retained source text
The city of confusion is broken downe: euery house is shut vp, that no man may come in.
KJV dictionary & concordance
confusion
Meaning of “confusion”
Sense 1: Disorder, uncertainty, or lack of understanding. Sense 2: Shame, disgrace, or frustrated defeat. Sense 3: Perverse mingling.
Definition sources
KJV context and cross-referencesBullokar 1616Webster 1828
26 occurrences25 verses11 booksKJV PCE
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Leviticus 18:23
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Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 30:3 · retained source text
Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt, your confusion.
¶ But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness.
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 34:11 · retained source text
¶ The cormorant and the bitterne shall possesse it, the owle also and the rauen shall dwell in it, and he shall stretch out vpon it the line of confusion, and the stones of emptinesse.
1611 marginal noteOr, pellicane.
1611 marginal noteZeph.2.14. reuel. 18.2.
Behold, they are all vanity; their works are nothing: their molten images are wind and confusion.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 41:29 · retained source text
Behold, they are all vanitie, their works are nothing: their moulten images are winde and confusion.
They shall be ashamed, and also confounded, all of them: they shall go to confusion together that are makers of idols.
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 45:16 · retained source text
They shall be ashamed, and also confounded all of them: they shall goe to confusion together that are makers of idoles.
1611 marginal noteChap.44.11.
¶ For your shame ye shall have double; and for confusion they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess the double: everlasting joy shall be unto them.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 61:7 · retained source text
¶ For your shame you shall haue double; and for confusion they shall reioyce in their portion: therefore in their land they shal possesse the double: euerlasting ioy shalbe vnto them.
Complete reference index — all 25 verses
Leviticus 18:23Leviticus 20:121 Samuel 20:30Ezra 9:7Job 10:15Psalms 35:4Psalms 35:26Psalms 44:15Psalms 70:2Psalms 71:1Psalms 109:29Isaiah 24:10Isaiah 30:3Isaiah 34:11Isaiah 41:29Isaiah 45:16Isaiah 61:7Jeremiah 3:25Jeremiah 7:19Jeremiah 20:11Daniel 9:7Daniel 9:8Acts 19:291 Corinthians 14:33James 3:16
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Bullokar 1616
Open source edition ↗A disorderlie mingling.
Webster 1828
Open source edition ↗In a general sense, a mixture of several things promiscuously; hence, disorder; irregularity; as the confusion of tongues at Babel. […] A blending or confounding; indistinct combination; opposed to distinctness or perspicuity; as a confusion of ideas.