Lexical Definition

‎ἀπορία‎ aporía (ap-or-ee'-a) perplexity ^G:N-F
from the same as ‎ἀπορέω‎

perplexity.

• a (state of) quandary

Abbott-Smith

ἀπορία, -ας, ἡ (< ἀπορέω), [in LXX for בֶּהָלָה, etc.;]
perplexity: Lk 21:25 (MM, s.v.; on the construction, v. Field, Notes, 74 f.).†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

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, [ἀπορίας ἐμπίμπλανται 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 151a. ">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[ἀπορίαν περί τινος [prev. author] “Pol.” 1285b28; αἱ μὲν οὖν ἀ. τοιαῦταί τινες συμβαίνουσιν [prev. author] “EN” 1146b6; οὐδεμίαν ποιήσει ἀ. [prev. author] “Metaphorical” 1085a27">Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἀ. λύειν, διαλύειν, [ἀπορίαν λύειν 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 1.37.">Refs 1st c.BC+]