Lexicon diaporeó: to be greatly perplexed or at a loss Original Word: διαπορέωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: diaporeó Phonetic Spelling: (dee-ap-or-eh'-o) Short Definition: I am in trouble, doubt, difficulty Definition: I am in trouble, doubt, difficulty; I am at a loss. HELPS word-Studies 1280 diaporéō (from 1223 /diá "thoroughly," which intensifies 639 /aporéō, "no way out") – properly, totally perplexed because having no solution ("way out"). 1280 /diaporéō ("deeply perplexed") refers to "one who goes through the whole list of possible ways, and finds no way out. Hence, 'to be in perplexity'" (WS, 174). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom dia and aporeóDefinitionto be greatly perplexed or at a loss NASB Translationgreat perplexity (1), greatly perplexed (3).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 1280: διαπορέωδιαπορέω: διαπόρω imperfect διηπόρουν; middle (present infinitive διαπορεῖσθαι ( Luke 24:4 R G)); imperfect διηπορουμην ( Acts 2:12 T Tr WH); in the Greek Bible only in ( Daniel 2:3 Symm. and) Luke; properly, thoroughly ( δ῾ιἀαπορέω (which see), to be entirely at a loss, to be in perplexity: absolutely Acts 2:12; followed by διά τό with an infinitive Luke 9:7; περί τίνος, Luke 24:4 (here the middle is to be at a loss with oneself, for which L T Tr WH read the simple ἀπορεῖσθαι); Acts 5:24; ἐν ἑαυτῷ followed by indirect discourse, Acts 10:17. ( Plato, Aristotle, Polybius, Diodorus, Philo, Plutarch, others.)
Strong's be in doubt, be perplexed. From dia and aporeo; to be thoroughly nonplussed -- (be in) doubt, be (much) perplexed. see GREEK dia see GREEK aporeo |
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