ἀπορέω, - : impf. 3 pers. sing. ἠπόρει (Mk. vi. 20 TWH Trmrg.) ; [pres. mid. ἀποροῦμαι] ; to be ἄπορος (fr. a priv. and πόρος a transit, ford, way, revenue, resource), i. e. to be without resources, to be in straits, to be left wanting, to be embarrassed, to be in doubt, not to know which way to turn; [impf. in Mk. vi. 20 (see above) πολλὰ ἠπόρει he was in perplexity about many things or much perplexed (ef. Thue. 5, 40,3; Xen. Hell. 6, 1, 4; Hdt. 3,4; 4,179; Aristot. meteorolog. 1, 1) ; elsewhere] Mid. to be at a loss with one’s self, be in doubt; not to know how to decide or what to do, to be perplexed: absol. 2 Co. iv. 8; περί τινος, Lk. xxiv.4 LT Tr WH; περὶ τίνος τις λέγει; Jn. xiii. 22 ; ἀποροῦμαι ἐν ὑμῖν I am perplexed about you, I know not how to deal with you, in what style to address you, Gal. iv. 20; ἀπορούμενος ἐγὼ εἰς [T Tr WH om. εἰς] τὴν περὶ τούτου [-των L T Tr WH] ζήτησιν I being perplexed how to decide in reference to the inquiry concerning him [or these things], Acts xxv. 20. (Often in prof. auth. fr. Hdt. down; often also in Sept.) [Comp.: 8c, eamopéw.]

ἀπορέω aporeō 6x

also spelled ἀπορρίπτω, pr. to be without means; met. to hesitate, be at a stand, be in doubt and perplexity, Jn. 13:22; Acts 25:20; 2 Cor. 4:8; Gal. 4:20

ἀπορέω, -ῶ

(< ἄπορος, ἀ- neg., πόρος, a way, resource), [in LXX for צרר, מוּךְ, etc.;]

to be at a loss, be perplexed: absol., Mk 6:20 (ἐποίει, R, mg.); mid., be in doubt: absol., II Co 4:8; c. acc., Ac 25:20; seq. περί, Lk 24:4; ἐν, Ga 4:20; περὶ τίνος λέγει, Jo 13:22.†

SYN.: διαπορέω, διακρίνομαι, διστάζω, μετεωρίζομαι (v. DCG, i, 491).

ἀπορέω. P Oxy IIL. 4728 (c. A.D. 130) ὑπὸ δανειστῶν ὥλλυτο καὶ ἠπόρει, “he was ruined by creditors and at his wit’s end” (Edd.): cf. the Christian letter of a servant to his master regarding the illness of his mistress, P Oxy VI. 93978 (iv/a.D.). (= Selections, p. 130) viv δὲ πῶς πλίονα γράψω περὶ αὐτῆς ἀπορῶ, ἔδοξεν μὲν γὰρ ὡς προεῖπον ἀνεκτότερον ἐσχηκέναι, ‘but now Iam αἱ ἃ loss how to write more regarding her, for she seems, as [ said before, to be in a more tolerable state.” Sy// 30318 (Abdera, c. B.C. 166) ἀρατὴν ἅμα καὶ σωτήριον [περὶ τῶ]ν ἀπορουμένων ἀεὶ πίρο]τιθέντες γνώμην “perplexed matters” (passive). The adj. ἄπορος, from which the verb is a denominative, occurs in the sense ἐς without resources,” which may be absolute or relative. Thus P Ryl II. 75° (late ii/a.p.) "Apx[éA]aos ῥήτωρ εἶπεν" "Απορός ἐστιν ὁ Γλύκων καὶ ἐξίσταται ““. has no revenue and resigns his property”: so the editors render, explaining in the introduction the legal conditions of what answers roughly to a bankruptcy certificate. In P Lond gti? (A.D.

ἀπορέω (aporeō) — be perplexed. ἀπορ-έω,

__B Laconian dialect 1st pers.plural ἀπορίομες[Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ἠπόρησα[Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect ἠπόρηκα[Refs 5th c.BC+] —passive, future ἀπορηθήσομαι (συν-) [Refs 2nd c.AD+], but middle in passive sense ἀπορήσομαι[Refs 4th c.BC+]aorist ἠπορήθην, perfect ἠπόρημαι, both in active and passive sense (see. below):—to be ἄπορος, i. e. without means or resource: hence, __B.1 to be at a loss, be in doubt, be puzzled, mostly followed by relative clause, ἀ. ὅκως διαβήσεται[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. ὅπῃ, ὁπόθεν, ὅποι, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. μή.. fear lest.., [Refs 5th c.BC+] to be at a loss about his march, how to cross, [Refs 5th c.BC+] to be at a loss about it, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: also with infinitive, to be at a loss how to do, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐκ ἀπορήσας without hesitation, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:— middle used like active, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: so in aorist passive, πολλὰ.. ἀπορηθείς[Refs 4th c.BC+] __B.2 in Dialectic, start a question, raise a difficulty, ἀπορία ἣν ἀπορεῖς[Refs 5th c.BC+] —passive, τὸ ἀπορούμενον, τὸ ἀπορηθέν, the difficulty just started, the puzzle before us, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀπορεῖται there is a question or difficulty, πότερον..[Refs] __B.3 passive, of things, to be left wanting, left unprovided for, τῶν δεομένων γίγνεσθαι οὐδὲν ἀπορεῖται[Refs 5th c.BC+]; to fail, turn out a failure, opposed to εὐπορεῖσθαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+] __B.II with genitive of things, to be at a loss for, in want of, ἀπορεῖς δὲ τοῦ σ;[Refs 5th c.BC+]; τροφῆς[Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, [Refs] __B.III ἀ. τινί to be at a loss by reason of, by means of something, [Refs 5th c.BC+] __B.IV to be in want, be poor, opposed to εὐπορέω, in middle, ὅταν ἀπορῆταί τις[Refs 4th c.BC+], but active, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to πλουτέω, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, ἄνθρωπος ἠπορημένος[Refs 5th c.BC+]