ἈΠΟΡΙΑ, ἀπορια
APORIA, aporia
Sounds Like: ah-po-REE-ah
Translations: perplexity, a perplexity, difficulty, a difficulty, distress, a distress, want, a want, lack, a lack
From the root: ἈΠΟΡΙΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a state of being at a loss, without resources, or in great difficulty. It can describe a situation of perplexity or embarrassment, or a lack of means, such as poverty or destitution. It is often used to describe a state of being without a way forward or a solution.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative or Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G639 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Against Apion
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 3 — 1:3, 2:43
- Book 5 — 10:345
- Book 6 — 1:2, 2:26
- Book 8 — 13:328
- Book 9 — 4:75
- Book 14 — 9:171, 13:360
- Book 15 — 5:153, 9:313
- Book 16 — 4:102, 8:267
- Book 17 — 5:130, 10:263
- Book 18 — 6:147, 6:155, 9:322, 9:365
- Book 19 — 1:48, 1:56, 3:222, 4:255
- Book 20 — 9:207
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 15:7, 22:27
- Book Two — 17:31
- Book Four — 7:40
- Book Five — 12:6
- Book Six — 1:11, 2:2
- Book Seven — 8:37
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Deuteronomy — 28:22
- Psalms of Solomon — 4:17, 12:4
- Proverbs — 28:27
- Sirach — 4:2
- Isaiah — 5:30, 8:22, 24:19
- Jeremiah — 8:21
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Luke — 21:25
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΠΟΡΙΑ.
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.
- ΤΑΣἈΠΟΡΙΑΣ — the difficulties, the perplexities, the distresses, the doubts, the impasses
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