perplexity

Greek Noun Female

ἀπορία, -ας, ἡ (ἀπορέω), [in LXX for בֶּהָלָה, etc;] perplexity: Luk.21:25 (MM, see word; on the construction, see Field, Notes, 74 f.). (AS)

perplexity

Greek Noun Female

ἀπορία, Ionic dialect -ιη, ἡ, (ἄπορος) being ἄπορος: hence, I) of places, difficulty of passing, [Refs 5th c.BC+] II) of things, difficulty, straits, in singular and plural, ἐς ἀπορίην πολλὴν ἀπιγμένος, ἀπειλημένος, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν ἀπορίῃ or ἐν ἀποίῃσι ἔχεσθαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀπορια τελέθει, with infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. τοῦ μὴ ἡσυχάζειν impossibility of keeping quiet, [Refs 5th c.BC+] II.2) not providing a thing, [Refs] III) of persons, difficulty of dealing with or getting at, τῶν Σκυθέων[Refs 5th c.BC+] III.2) being at a loss, embarrassment, perplexity, ἀ. τοῦ δυστυχεῖν[Refs 5th c.BC+]; distress, discomfort, in illness, [Refs 5th c.BC+] III.3) ἀ. τινός lack of a person or thing, σοφῶν ἀνδρῶν[Refs 5th c.BC+]; τροφῆς, χρημάτων, etc, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀπώλλυντο. ἀπορίᾳ τοῦ θεραπεύοντος for want of one to attend to them, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. πλοίων shortage of ships, [Refs]: absolutely, need, poverty, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to εὐπορία, [Refs 4th c.BC+] IV) in Dialectic, question for discussion, difficulty, puzzle, ἀπορίᾳ σχόμενος[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. ἣν ἀπορεῖς[Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἀ. λύειν, διαλύειν, [Refs 1st c.BC+]

Greek

Noun Feminine

a (state of) quandary; perplexity; from the same as g639 (ἀπορέω)