Quick Definition
ἐξαπορέομαι v. I am utterly without resource, am in despair
Strong's Definition
middle voice from 1537 and 639; to be utterly at a loss, i.e. despond
KJV Usage: (in) despair
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἐξαπορέω exaporeō 2x
some list as a deponent ἐξαπορέομαι, pass., to be in the utmost perplexity or despair, 2 Cor. 1:8; 4:8*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
† ἐξ-απορέω, -ῶ
[in LXX, pass., for פּוּן, Ps 87(88):15 * ;]
so in NT, depon. pass., to be utterly at a loss, be in despair: absol. (as Ps, l.c.), II Co 4:8; τοῦ ζῆν, II Co 1:8.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἐξαπορέω. Moulton (Pro/eg. p. 237) claims the use of this verb in 2 Cor 48 as a good ex. of the ‘‘ perfectivising” of an imperfective verb, the perfective ἐξ showing ‘‘the ἀπορία in its final result of despair.” The verb is used in a weaker sense in P Eleph 215 (B.c. 285-4) where, amongst other testamentary dispositions, provision is made that if the parents | are in want of anything—édy δέ τι éarrop@vtai—they are to be provided for by their sons. In Sy// 226" (iii/B.c.) it is used of the exhaustion of the public resources of Olbia— τῶν δὲ κοινῶν ἐξηπορημένων.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἐξαπορέω (exaporeō) — to despair. ἐξαπορέω, strengthened for ἀπορέω, to be in great doubt or difficulty, [Refs 4th c.BC+]:—middle, ἀπορούμενοι, ἀλλ᾽ οὐκ ἐ. [NT]: so in aorist passive ἐξηπορήθην [LXX+1st c.BC+]; ἐξαπορηθῆναι ἀργυρίον to be without money, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]