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confusion

Meaning of “confusion”

Sense 1: Disorder, uncertainty, or lack of understanding. Sense 2: Shame, disgrace, or frustrated defeat. Sense 3: Perverse mingling.

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KJV context and cross-referencesBullokar 1616Webster 1828
26 occurrences25 verses11 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Leviticus 18:23

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Job 10:15
If I be wicked, woe unto me; and if I be righteous, yet will I not lift up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore see thou mine affliction;
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1611 witness · Job 10:15 · retained source text

If I be wicked, woe vnto me; and if I be righteous, yet will I not lift vp my head: I am full of confusion, therefore see thou mine affliction:

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Historical definitions

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.

volume 1, leaf 459, column 3 (entry starts at OCR line 160)