noun · feminine
aporias
Greekἀπορία (aporia)
Strong’sG640
perplexity, anxiety
stem apori-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
ἀπορία, -ας, ἡ
(< ἀπορέω), [in LXX for בֶּהָלָה, etc.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G640 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidap-or-ee'-a
a (state of) quandary
Fromfrom the same as G639;
King Jamesperplexity.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | aporias | aporiais |
| object accusative | aporian | aporiain |
| direct address vocative | aporiar | aporiair |
| of, belonging to genitive | aporiau | aporiaiu |
| to, for dative | aporia1×ἀπορίᾳ | aporiai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
aporia is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
aporia“perplexity”to, fordative singular1×
Luke 21:25“perplexity”Kai eli sēmeim en hēlio kai selēna kai astrei, kai epi tau gēau sunochas ethneiu en aporia ēcheu thalassau kai salou,There will be signs in the sun and moon and stars, and on the earth dismay among the nations, bewildered by the roaring of the sea and the surging of the waves.