ἈΠΟΡΟΥΣ, ἀπορους
APOROUS, aporous
Sounds Like: ah-POH-roos
Translations: poor, destitute, without resources, in want, helpless, perplexed
From the root: ἈΠΟΡΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes someone who is without means or resources, often implying poverty or destitution. It can also refer to someone who is at a loss, perplexed, or without a way forward. It is used to describe individuals or groups lacking necessary provisions or solutions.
Inflection: Accusative, Plural, Masculine or Feminine
Strong’s number: G0640 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Two — 17:23
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.
- ἈΠΟΡΑ — without resources, without means, at a loss, perplexed, a perplexity, a difficulty
- 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
- ἈΠΟΡΩΝ — poor, needy, destitute, without resources, at a loss, perplexed, of the poor, of the needy
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