ἈΠΟΡΕΙΝ, ἀπορειν
APOREIN, aporein
Sounds Like: ah-po-REH-in
Translations: to be at a loss, to be perplexed, to be in doubt, to be without resources, to be in want, to be in difficulty
From the root: ἈΠΟΡΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is the present active infinitive form of the verb ἀπορέω. It describes the state of being at a loss, perplexed, or in doubt, often due to a lack of resources, knowledge, or a clear path forward. It can also imply being in a state of difficulty or being without means.
Inflection: Present, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G0639 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 4:29
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 17:8
Justin Martyr
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΠΟΡΕΩ.
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.
- ἈΠΟΡΕΙΣ — to be at a loss, to be perplexed, to be in doubt, to be without resources, to be in want
- ἈΠΟΡΗΘΕΙΣ — being at a loss, being perplexed, being in doubt, being without resources, being in despair
- ἈΠΟΡΗΣΑΙΜΕΝ — we might be at a loss, we might be perplexed, we might doubt, we might be in doubt, we might be without resources
- ἈΠΟΡΟΥ — being at a loss, being in doubt, being perplexed, being in difficulty, being without resources, being in want, being in despair, being embarrassed
- ἈΠΟΡΟΥΜΕΝΟΙ — perplexed, at a loss, in doubt, without resources, in despair
- ἈΠΟΡΟΥΜΕΝΟΙΣ — those in perplexity, those in doubt, those at a loss, those in need, those without resources, to those in perplexity, to those in doubt, to those at a loss, to those in need, to those without resources
- ἈΠΟΡΟΥΜΕΝΟΥΣ — being at a loss, being in doubt, being perplexed, being in want, being without resources, being without means, being in need of
- ἈΠΟΡΟΥΜΕΝΩ — being at a loss, being in doubt, being perplexed, being without resources, being in want, being in distress, being in need
- ἈΠΟΡΟΥΜΕΝΩΝ — being at a loss, being in doubt, being perplexed, being without resources, being in want, being in need
- ἈΠΟΡΟΥΝΤΕΣ — being at a loss, being in doubt, being perplexed, being without resources, being in want, being helpless, being in despair, those who are at a loss, those who are in doubt
- ἈΠΟΡΩ — to be at a loss, to be in doubt, to be perplexed, to be without resources, to be in want, to be in need
- ἨΠΟΡΗΣΘΑΙ — to be at a loss, to be perplexed, to be in doubt, to be without resources, to be in despair
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