Lexical Definition

‎σύγχυσις‎ sýnchysis (soong'-khoo-sis) confusion ^G:N-F
from ‎συγχέω‎

confusion.

• commixture, i.e. (figuratively) riotous disturbance

Abbott-Smith

σύγχυσις, -εως, ἡ (< συγχέω), [in LXX: Ge 11:9 (בָּבֶל), I Ki 5:6, 12 (11) 14:20 (מְהוּמָה) * ;]
confusion: of a popular uproar, Ac 19:29.†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

σύγχυσις-χῠσις, εως, ἡ,

(συγχέω) mixture, confusion, confounding, ἡ τῶν ἄλλων (variant{ὅλων}) σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of Babel, [LXX+2nd c.BC+]; σ. λαβεῖν to be commingled, [Refs 1st c.AD+] ς. litterularum, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; political confusion, σ. τῆς πολιτείας[Refs 2nd c.BC+]

__b formation of a compound, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__2 confusion, ruin, βίου, δόμων, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. θανάτου μεγάλη 'indiscriminate mortality' [LXX+4th c.BC+]
__3 Grammars, of composition, confusion, indistinctness, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; opposed to εὐκρίνεια, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__4 an injury to the eye, syncopated hysis, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
__II of persons, confusion, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; σ. ἔχοντες confounded, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III of contracts and the like, violation, τῶν σπονδῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὴν τῶν ὅρκων καὶ σπονδῶν σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III.2 confusion, [NT+2nd c.BC+]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: LXX.Gen.11.9 ☩ LXX.1Kgs.5.6 ☩ Acts.19.29}