BDB959
מְבוּכָה noun feminine confusion, confounding, Isa 22:5 יוֺם מְהוּמָה וּמְבוּסָה וּמְבוּכָה a day of consternation and down-treading and confusion; Mic 7:4 עַתָּה תִּהְיֶה מְבוּכָתָם now shall be their confusion.
Strong's Lexicon
H3998
H3998 — מְבוּכָה
Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | H3998 |
|---|---|
| Word: | מְבוּכָה |
| Part of Speech: | noun fem |
| Etymology: | from H943 |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Occurrences: | 2 |
| Transliteration: | mbuwkah |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | meb-oo-kaw' |
| Meaning: | 1. perplexity |
| KJV Renderings: | perplexity. |
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Other Resources
Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke
Englishman's Hebrew Concordance
מבוכה (’voo-)
Isaiah 22:5
- KJV: For 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.
- EHCC: and of perplexity by the Lord
Micah 7:4
- KJV: The 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.
- EHCC: now shall be their perplexity.
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