King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G1820
Transliteration: exaporeomai
Phonetic Spelling: (ex-ap-or-eh'-om-ahee)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to be utterly at a loss, be in despair
Meaning: to be utterly at a loss, be in despair
ἐξαπορέω and (so in the Bible) deponent passive ἐξαπορέομαι, ἐξαποροῦμαι; 1 aorist ἐξηπορήθην; "to be utterly at a loss, be utterly destitute of measures or resources, to renounce all hope, be in despair" (cf. ἐκ, VI. 6) (Polybius, Diodorus, Plutarch, others): 2 Corinthians 4:8 (where it is distinguished from the simple ἀπορέομαι); τίνος of anything: τοῦ ζῆν, 2 Corinthians 1:8, on this genitive cf. Matthiae, ii., p. 828f (τοῦ ἀργυρίου, to be utterly in want of, Dionysius Halicarnassus 7, 18; active with the dative of respect, τοῖς λογισμοις, Polybius 1, 62, 1; once in the O. T. absolutely, Psalm 87:16 () 16).
Word Summary
exaporeomai: to be utterly at a loss, be in despair
Original Word: ἐξαπορέομαιTransliteration: exaporeomai
Phonetic Spelling: (ex-ap-or-eh'-om-ahee)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to be utterly at a loss, be in despair
Meaning: to be utterly at a loss, be in despair
Strong's Concordance
despair. Middle voice from ek and aporeo; to be utterly at a loss, i.e. Despond -- (in) despair.
see GREEK ek
see GREEK aporeo
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1820: ἐξαπορέωἐξαπορέω and (so in the Bible) deponent passive ἐξαπορέομαι, ἐξαποροῦμαι; 1 aorist ἐξηπορήθην; "to be utterly at a loss, be utterly destitute of measures or resources, to renounce all hope, be in despair" (cf. ἐκ, VI. 6) (Polybius, Diodorus, Plutarch, others): 2 Corinthians 4:8 (where it is distinguished from the simple ἀπορέομαι); τίνος of anything: τοῦ ζῆν, 2 Corinthians 1:8, on this genitive cf. Matthiae, ii., p. 828f (τοῦ ἀργυρίου, to be utterly in want of, Dionysius Halicarnassus 7, 18; active with the dative of respect, τοῖς λογισμοις, Polybius 1, 62, 1; once in the O. T. absolutely, Psalm 87:16