Definition

to be thoroughly nonplussed

Etymology

from G1223 (διά) and G639 (ἀπορέω);

Word family

• διά diá
• ἀπορέω aporéō

How the KJV renders it

• (be in) doubt
• be (much) perplexed

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.