- Original: בּוּך - Transliteration: Buwk - Phonetic: book - Definition: 1. to perplex, confuse, be confused a. (Niphal) to be confused, be in confusion - Origin: a primitive root - TWOT entry: 214 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primitive root; to involve (literally or figuratively): - be entangled (perplexed). Total KJV Occurrences: 3 • entangled, 1 Exodus 14:3 • perplexed, 2 Esther 3:15; Joel 1:18