Strong G639ἀπορέω
be perplexed
- Transliteration
- aporeō
- Pronunciation
- ap-or-eh'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
ἀπορέω, -ῶ
(ἄπορος, ἀ- neg., πόρος, a way, resource), [in LXX for צָרַר, מוּךְ, etc.;]
to be at a loss, be perplexed: absol., Mrk.6:20 (ἐποίει, R, mg.); mid., be in doubt: absol., 2Co.4:8; with accusative, Act.25:20; before περί, Luk.24:4; ἐν, Gal.4:20; περὶ τίνος λέγει, Jhn.13:22.†
SYN.: διαπορέω, διακρίνομαι, διστάζω, μετεωρίζομαι (see DCG, i, 491) (AS)
(ἄπορος, ἀ- neg., πόρος, a way, resource), [in LXX for צָרַר, מוּךְ, etc.;]
to be at a loss, be perplexed: absol., Mrk.6:20 (ἐποίει, R, mg.); mid., be in doubt: absol., 2Co.4:8; with accusative, Act.25:20; before περί, Luk.24:4; ἐν, Gal.4:20; περὶ τίνος λέγει, Jhn.13:22.†
SYN.: διαπορέω, διακρίνομαι, διστάζω, μετεωρίζομαι (see DCG, i, 491) (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G639 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- doubt2
- because1
- perplex1
- stand1
First verses
- John 13:22Then the disciples looked one on another, doubting of whom he spake.
- Acts 25:20And because I doubted of such manner of questions, I asked him whether he would go to Jerusalem, and there be judged of these matters.
- 2 Corinthians 4:8We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;
- Galatians 4:20I desire to be present with you now, and to change my voice; for I stand in doubt of you.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀπορ-έω,
B Laconian dialect 1st pers.plural ἀπορίομες[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.1.23)]: aorist ἠπόρησα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.63, etc.)]: perfect ἠπόρηκα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 244a, etc.:)] —passive, future ἀπορηθήσομαι (συν-) [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 10.5)], but middle in passive sense ἀπορήσομαι[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Magna Moralia” 1200a11:)]aorist ἠπορήθην, perfect ἠπόρημαι, both in active and passive sense (see. below):—to be ἄπορος, i. e. without means or resource: hence,
B.1 to be at a loss, be in doubt, be puzzled, mostly followed by relative clause, ἀ. ὅκως διαβήσεται[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.75; ὅτῳ τρόπῳ διασωθήσεται 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.109; ὅ τι λέξω δ᾽ ἀπορῶ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 486(Lyric poetry))]; ἀ. ὅπῃ, ὁπόθεν, ὅποι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.107, 8.80, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.4.44; ὅτι χρὴ ποιεῖν [prev. author] “Cyr.” 4.5.38; τίνα χρὴ τρόπον.. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 3.3; ἀ. εἰ.. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 326e; πότερα.. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.4.6; ἀ. ὁποτέραν τῶν ὁδῶν τράπηται [prev. work] 2.1.21)]; ἀ. μή.. fear lest.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus Alcaeus2.142d: with _accusative_ added, ἀ. τὴν ἔλασιν ὅκως διεκπερᾷ)] to be at a loss about his march, how to cross, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.4: with _accusative_ only, ἀ. τὴν ἐξαγωγήν)] to be at a loss about it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 4.179, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 664, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 348c, +others)]: also with infinitive, to be at a loss how to do, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 590, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 262e, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 9.7:—also ἀ. περί τινος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 84c, “Grg.” 462b, +others; ἀ. διὰ τὸ πλῆθος τῶν ἁμαρτημάτων ὅθεν ἄρξομαι 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.10; ἐς πολλά 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1243: _absolutely_, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.134)]; οὐκ ἀπορήσας without hesitation, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 1.159; τὸ δ᾽ ἀπορεῖν ἀνδρὸς κακοῦ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 106, etc.)]:— middle used like active, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.121. ; ὡς ἠπόρημαι.. τάδε 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 537; ἠπορούμην ὅτι χρησαίμην 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 3.10, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 321c)]: so in aorist passive, πολλὰ.. ἀπορηθείς[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 27.53.)]
B.2 in Dialectic, start a question, raise a difficulty, ἀπορία ἣν ἀπορεῖς[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 324d; ἀ. περί τινος 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physica” 194a15, +others; τὰ αὐτὰ περί τινος “Metaphorical” 1085a35; ἀ. πότερον.. “Pol.” 1283b36; ἀπορήσειε δ᾽ ἄν τις τί.. “EN” 1096a34, compare 1145b21, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.64.1, +others:)] —passive, τὸ ἀπορούμενον, τὸ ἀπορηθέν, the difficulty just started, the puzzle before us, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 243b, “Lg.” 799c, compare 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀρχαίης ἰητρικῇς” 1; τὰ ἠπορημένα 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1281a38)]; ἀπορεῖται there is a question or difficulty, πότερον..[Refs ([prev. author] “EN” 1c99 b9; μή.. [prev. work] 1159a6.)]
B.3 passive, of things, to be left wanting, left unprovided for, τῶν δεομένων γίγνεσθαι οὐδὲν ἀπορεῖται[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Lacedaemoniorum” 13.7, compare “Oec.” 8.10)]; to fail, turn out a failure, opposed to εὐπορεῖσθαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 47.)]
B.II with genitive of things, to be at a loss for, in want of, ἀπορεῖς δὲ τοῦ σ;[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 898; ἀλφίτων 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 636; πάντων [prev. author] “Pl.” 531)]; τροφῆς[Refs 5th c.BC+ (Thuc. 8.81; ξυμμάχων 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.2.39; τοσαύτης δαπάνης [prev. author] “Mem.” 1.3.5; λόγων 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 193e)]:—middle, [Refs ([prev. author] “Lg.” 925b.)]
B.III ἀ. τινί to be at a loss by reason of, by means of something, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.3.8, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.147.)]
B.IV to be in want, be poor, opposed to εὐπορέω, in middle, ὅταν ἀπορῆταί τις[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 123)], but active, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Timocles Comicus 11, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 953.19)]; opposed to πλουτέω, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 203e)]:—passive, ἄνθρωπος ἠπορημένος[Refs 5th c.BC+ (“Comica Adespota” 249.—Chiefly Prose and Comedy texts; never in 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus, thrice in 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus, twice in 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus)]
B Laconian dialect 1st pers.plural ἀπορίομες[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.1.23)]: aorist ἠπόρησα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.63, etc.)]: perfect ἠπόρηκα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 244a, etc.:)] —passive, future ἀπορηθήσομαι (συν-) [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 10.5)], but middle in passive sense ἀπορήσομαι[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Magna Moralia” 1200a11:)]aorist ἠπορήθην, perfect ἠπόρημαι, both in active and passive sense (see. below):—to be ἄπορος, i. e. without means or resource: hence,
B.1 to be at a loss, be in doubt, be puzzled, mostly followed by relative clause, ἀ. ὅκως διαβήσεται[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.75; ὅτῳ τρόπῳ διασωθήσεται 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.109; ὅ τι λέξω δ᾽ ἀπορῶ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 486(Lyric poetry))]; ἀ. ὅπῃ, ὁπόθεν, ὅποι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.107, 8.80, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.4.44; ὅτι χρὴ ποιεῖν [prev. author] “Cyr.” 4.5.38; τίνα χρὴ τρόπον.. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 3.3; ἀ. εἰ.. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 326e; πότερα.. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.4.6; ἀ. ὁποτέραν τῶν ὁδῶν τράπηται [prev. work] 2.1.21)]; ἀ. μή.. fear lest.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus Alcaeus2.142d: with _accusative_ added, ἀ. τὴν ἔλασιν ὅκως διεκπερᾷ)] to be at a loss about his march, how to cross, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.4: with _accusative_ only, ἀ. τὴν ἐξαγωγήν)] to be at a loss about it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 4.179, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 664, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 348c, +others)]: also with infinitive, to be at a loss how to do, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 590, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 262e, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 9.7:—also ἀ. περί τινος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 84c, “Grg.” 462b, +others; ἀ. διὰ τὸ πλῆθος τῶν ἁμαρτημάτων ὅθεν ἄρξομαι 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.10; ἐς πολλά 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1243: _absolutely_, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.134)]; οὐκ ἀπορήσας without hesitation, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 1.159; τὸ δ᾽ ἀπορεῖν ἀνδρὸς κακοῦ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 106, etc.)]:— middle used like active, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.121. ; ὡς ἠπόρημαι.. τάδε 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 537; ἠπορούμην ὅτι χρησαίμην 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 3.10, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 321c)]: so in aorist passive, πολλὰ.. ἀπορηθείς[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 27.53.)]
B.2 in Dialectic, start a question, raise a difficulty, ἀπορία ἣν ἀπορεῖς[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 324d; ἀ. περί τινος 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physica” 194a15, +others; τὰ αὐτὰ περί τινος “Metaphorical” 1085a35; ἀ. πότερον.. “Pol.” 1283b36; ἀπορήσειε δ᾽ ἄν τις τί.. “EN” 1096a34, compare 1145b21, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.64.1, +others:)] —passive, τὸ ἀπορούμενον, τὸ ἀπορηθέν, the difficulty just started, the puzzle before us, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 243b, “Lg.” 799c, compare 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀρχαίης ἰητρικῇς” 1; τὰ ἠπορημένα 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1281a38)]; ἀπορεῖται there is a question or difficulty, πότερον..[Refs ([prev. author] “EN” 1c99 b9; μή.. [prev. work] 1159a6.)]
B.3 passive, of things, to be left wanting, left unprovided for, τῶν δεομένων γίγνεσθαι οὐδὲν ἀπορεῖται[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Lacedaemoniorum” 13.7, compare “Oec.” 8.10)]; to fail, turn out a failure, opposed to εὐπορεῖσθαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 47.)]
B.II with genitive of things, to be at a loss for, in want of, ἀπορεῖς δὲ τοῦ σ;[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 898; ἀλφίτων 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 636; πάντων [prev. author] “Pl.” 531)]; τροφῆς[Refs 5th c.BC+ (Thuc. 8.81; ξυμμάχων 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.2.39; τοσαύτης δαπάνης [prev. author] “Mem.” 1.3.5; λόγων 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 193e)]:—middle, [Refs ([prev. author] “Lg.” 925b.)]
B.III ἀ. τινί to be at a loss by reason of, by means of something, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.3.8, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.147.)]
B.IV to be in want, be poor, opposed to εὐπορέω, in middle, ὅταν ἀπορῆταί τις[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 123)], but active, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Timocles Comicus 11, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 953.19)]; opposed to πλουτέω, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 203e)]:—passive, ἄνθρωπος ἠπορημένος[Refs 5th c.BC+ (“Comica Adespota” 249.—Chiefly Prose and Comedy texts; never in 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus, thrice in 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus, twice in 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus)]