ἀπορία, ἀποριας, ἡ (ἀπορέω, which see), the state of one who is ἄπορος, perplexity: Luk_21:25. (Often in Greek writings from (Pindar and) Herodotus down; the Sept..)

ἀπορία aporia 1x doubt, uncertainty, perplexity, Luk_21:25

ἀπορία , -ας , ἡ ( < ἀπορέω ), [in LXX for H928 , etc.;] perplexity: Luk_21:25 ( MM , s.v. ; on the construction, v. Field, Notes , 74 f .).†

ἀπορία [page 68] Syll 529 .6 (i/B.C.) τῶν μὲν διὰ τὴν ἀπ [ο ]ρίαν ἐκλελοιπότων τὴν πόλιν , τῶν δὲ διὰ τὴν γενομένη [ν λοι ]μικὴν περίστασιν καὶ τὰς ἀρρωστίας μὴ δυναμένων [φυ ]λάσσειν τὴν πατρίδα , where we naturally think of ἀ . as = poverty, but the interpretation given in the last article is applicable. In P Fay 20 .5 (an imperial edict, iii/iv A.D.), which, is restored εἴ γε μὴ τὸ τῆς π [α ]ρὰ τοῖς καὶ τοῖς δημοσίας ἀπορίας ἐμποδὼν ἦν , πολὺ ἂν φανερωτέραν τὴν ἐμαυτοῦ μεγαλοψυχίαν ἐπιδεικ [ν ]ύμενος , the editors translate if the fact of the public embarrassment existing in various parts had not stood in my way, I should have made a much more conspicuous display of my magnanimity; but they remark that the δημοσίους , of the ill-spelt text should perhaps be emended δημοσίοις , with a lost word after the first τοῖς . Cf. also P Lips I. 36 .7 (A.D. 376 or 378). In CPHerm 6 .10 we have ἀπορίᾳ δὲ πλοίων from shortage of ships.

ἀπορία [Etym: ἄπορος] of places, "difficulty of passing", Xen. of things, "difficulty, straits", ἐς ἀπορίην ἀπιγμένος, ἀπειλημένος, ἐν ἀπορίηι or ἐν ἀπορίηισι ἔχεσθαι, ἀπορίηισιν ἐνεχέσθαι Hdt. ; ἀπ. τοῦ μὴ ἡσυχάζειν "impossibility" of keeping quiet, Thuc. of persons, "difficulty of dealing with", τινός Hdt. "want of means or resource, embarrassment, difficulty, hesitation, perplexity", Plat. , etc. 3 ἀρ. τινός "want of" a person or thing, Ar. , etc. absol. "poverty", Thuc.

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)