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.] 
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