ἈΠΟΡΑ, ἀπορα
APORA, apora
Sounds Like: ah-PO-rah
Translations: without resources, without means, at a loss, perplexed, a perplexity, a difficulty
From the root: ἈΠΟΡΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective, Noun
Explanation: This word describes a state of being without resources, means, or a way forward, often leading to perplexity or difficulty. As an adjective, it can describe a person or situation. As a noun, it refers to the state of perplexity or a specific difficulty. It is a compound word formed from 'ἀ-' (a-, meaning 'not' or 'without') and 'πόρος' (poros, meaning 'passage' or 'way').
Inflection: Singular, Nominative or Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G0639 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 32:2
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΠΟΡΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἈΠΟΡΟΙ — without resources, destitute, helpless, in difficulty, impassable, difficult, perplexed
- ἈΠΟΡΟΝ — impassable, without resource, without means, at a loss, difficult, impossible, a difficulty, an impossibility
- ἈΠΟΡΟΣ — without resources, without means, at a loss, perplexed, difficult, impassable, a difficult thing
- ἈΠΟΡΟΥΣ — poor, destitute, without resources, in want, helpless, perplexed
- ἈΠΟΡΩΝ — poor, needy, destitute, without resources, at a loss, perplexed, of the poor, of the needy
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