ἈΠΟΡΟΙΣ, ἀποροις
APOROIS, aporois
Sounds Like: AH-po-roys
Translations: (to) those without resources, (to) those in difficulty, (to) the helpless, (to) the destitute, (to) the perplexed
From the root: ΑΠΟΡΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes someone or something that is without resources, at a loss, or in a state of perplexity or difficulty. It is a compound word formed from the negative prefix 'ἀ-' (a-, meaning 'not' or 'without') and 'πόρος' (poros, meaning 'passage', 'way', or 'resource'). Thus, it literally means 'without a way' or 'without resources'. It is used here in the dative plural, referring to a group of people who are in such a state.
Inflection: Plural, Dative, Masculine or Feminine
Strong’s number: G639 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΠΟΡΟΣ.
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.
- ἈΠΟΡΩΣ — without resource, at a loss, in perplexity, hopelessly, without a way out
- ἈΠΟΡΩΤΑΤΟΙ — most difficult, most impassable, most perplexing, most destitute, most without resources
- ἈΠΟΡΩΤΕΡΟΝ — more difficult, more perplexing, more impassable, more without resource, a more difficult thing
- ΑΠΟΡΟΣ — without resource, without means, at a loss, perplexed, impassable, difficult, a difficult thing, an impassable thing
- ΑΠΟΡΩΤΑΤΟΙ — most perplexed, most at a loss, most without resources, most impassable, most difficult
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