King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H943
Transliteration: buk
Phonetic Spelling: (book)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to perplex, confuse
Meaning: to perplex, confuse
Word Summary
buk: to perplex, confuse
Original Word: בּוּךְTransliteration: buk
Phonetic Spelling: (book)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to perplex, confuse
Meaning: to perplex, confuse
Strong's Concordance
be entangled, perplexed A primitive root; to involve (literally or figuratively) -- be entangled, (perplexed).
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H943. buk
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).