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Lexicon :: Strong's G639 - aporeō

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ἀπορέω
Transliteration
aporeō (Key)
Pronunciation
ap-or-eh'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
From a compound of ἄλφα (G1) (as a negative particle) and the base of πορεύω (G4198)
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Strong’s Definitions

ἀπορέω aporéō, ap-or-eh'-o; from a compound of G1 (as a negative particle) and the base of G4198; to have no way out, i.e. be at a loss (mentally):—(stand in) doubt, be perplexed.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's G639 in the following manner: doubt (2x), be perplexed (1x), stand in doubt (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's G639 in the following manner: doubt (2x), be perplexed (1x), stand in doubt (1x).

  1. 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

  2. to be at a loss with one's self, be in doubt

  3. not to know how to decide or what to do, to be perplexed

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἀπορέω aporéō, ap-or-eh'-o; from a compound of G1 (as a negative particle) and the base of G4198; to have no way out, i.e. be at a loss (mentally):—(stand in) doubt, be perplexed.
STRONGS G639:
ἀπορέω, -ῶ: imperfect 3 person singular ἠπόρει (Mark 6:20 T WH Tr marginal reading); [present middle ἀποροῦμαι]; to be ἄπορος (from α privative 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; [imperfect in Mark 6:20 (see above) πολλὰ ἠπόρει he was in perplexity about many things or much perplexed (cf. Thucydides 5, 40, 3; Xenophon, Hell. 6, 1, 4; Herodotus 3, 4; 4, 179; Aristot. meteorolog. 1, 1); elsewhere] middle, to be at a loss with oneself, be in doubt; not to know how to decide or what to do, to be perplexed: absolutely 2 Corinthians 4:8; περί τινος, Luke 24:4 L T Tr WH; περὶ τίνος τις λέγει, John 13:22; ἀποροῦμαι ἐν ὑμῖν I am perplexed about you, I know not how to deal with you, in what style to address you, Galatians 4:20; ἀπορούμενος ἐγὼ εἰς [T Tr WH omit 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 25:20. (Often in secular authors from Herodotus down; often also in the Sept.) [Compare: δι-, ἐξαπορέω.]
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Mark
6:20; 6:20
Luke
24:4
John
13:22
Acts
25:20
2 Corinthians
4:8
Galatians
4:20

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G639 matches the Greek ἀπορέω (aporeō),
which occurs 11 times in 11 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:7 - Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed. He divided the people who were with him, and the flocks and herds and camels, into two camps,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:47 - “If a stranger or sojourner with you becomes rich, and your brother beside him becomes poor and sells himself to the stranger or sojourner with you or to a member of the stranger’s clan,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:38 - And it was so. When he rose early next morning and squeezed the fleece, he wrung enough dew from the fleece to fill a bowl with water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:1 - “At this also my heart trembles
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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 1:3 - He is like a tree
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In all that he does, he prospers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:11 - The heart of her husband trusts in her,
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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:1 - [fn] But there will be no gloom for her who was in anguish. In the former time he brought into contempt the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the latter time he has made glorious the way of the sea, the land beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:19 - The earth is utterly broken,
the earth is split apart,
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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:20 - Your sons have fainted;
they lie at the head of every street
like an antelope in a net;
they are full of the wrath of the LORD,
the rebuke of your God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:18 - My joy is gone; grief is upon me;[fn]
my heart is sick within me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:8 - I will fall upon them like a bear robbed of her cubs;
I will tear open their breast,
and there I will devour them like a lion,
as a wild beast would rip them open.
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