Lexicon buk: to perplex, confuse Original Word: בּוּךPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: buk Phonetic Spelling: (book) Short Definition: confusion NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origina prim. root Definitionto perplex, confuse NASB Translationconfusion (1), wander aimlessly (1), wandering aimlessly (1).
Brown-Driver-Briggs בּוּךְ verb perplex, confuse (? Arabic  stir up (water of spring) then be disturbed, confused; compare Assyrian bâku, lead captive, originally lead astray? COT Ezra 4:2) — only Niph`al Perfect3feminine singular נָב֫וֺכָה Esther 3:15; 3masculine plural נָבֹ֫כוּ Joel 1:18; Participle plural נְבֻכִים Exodus 14:3; — be confused, in confusion (of a city) Esther 3:15; = wander aimlessly (of Israel) Exodus 14:3; so of cattle Joel 1:18 (Merx proposes בָּכוּ, after ᵐ5 ἔκλαυσαν, but בכה not elsewhere of cattle).
Strong's be entangled, perplexed A primitive root; to involve (literally or figuratively) -- be entangled, (perplexed). |
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