Bible Dictionary: Perplexity

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(n.) The quality or state of being perplexed or puzzled; complication; intricacy; entanglement; distraction of mind through doubt or difficulty; embarrassment; bewilderment; doubt.

Greek

640. aporia -- perplexity
... perplexity. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: aporia Phonetic Spelling:
(ap-or-ee'-a) Short Definition: perplexity, anxiety Definition: perplexity ...
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1280. diaporeo -- to be greatly perplexed or at a loss
... Word Origin from dia and aporeo Definition to be greatly perplexed or at a loss
NASB Word Usage great perplexity (1), greatly perplexed (3). ...
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5015. tarasso -- to stir up, to trouble
... back-and-forth, shake to-and-fro); (figuratively) to set in motion what (at ease);
to "trouble" ("agitate"), causing inner perplexity (emotional agitation ...
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Strong's Hebrew

3998. mebukah -- confusion, confounding
... Word Origin from buk Definition confusion, confounding NASB Word Usage confusion
(2). perplexity. From buwk; perplexity -- perplexity. see HEBREW buwk. ...
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7661. shabats -- perhaps cramp
... anguish. From shabats; entanglement, ie (figuratively) perplexity -- anguish. see
HEBREW shabats. 7660, 7661. shabats. 7662 . Strong's Numbers.
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6325. Punon -- a place where Isr. camped
... camped NASB Word Usage Punon (2). Punon. From puwn; perplexity; Punon, a place in
the Desert -- Punon. see HEBREW puwn. 6324, 6325. Punon. 6326 . ...
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Library

Perplexity Relieved.
... III. CONFLICT. Hymn 35 Perplexity relieved. John Newton 8,6,8,6. Perplexity relieved.
Uncertain how the way to find. Which to salvation led; ...
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Perplexity.
... Homily I. Chapter III."Perplexity. From my boyhood, then, being involved
in such reasonings, in order to learn something definite ...
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More Perplexity.
... Homily I. Chapter IV."More Perplexity. And again, living in doubt, I
said to myself, Why do I labour in vain, when the matter ...
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victor's Perplexity and Failure.
... Book II. Chapter 21 [XV.]"Victor's Perplexity and Failure. For these
reasons I fail thus far to discover what this instructor ...
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Of the Perplexity of a Heart which Loves Without Knowing Whether ...
... GOOD-PLEASURE. CHAPTER XI. OF THE PERPLEXITY OF A HEART WHICH LOVES WITHOUT
KNOWING WHETHER IT PLEASES THE BELOVED. The musician ...
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The Identity of the Father and the Son, as Praxeas Held It, Shown ...
... Chapter XI."The Identity of the Father and the Son, as Praxeas Held It, Shown
to Be Full of Perplexity and Absurdity. Many Scriptures ...
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Valentinus' Explanation of the Existence of Jesus; Power of Jesus ...
... And she was seized with grief, and fell into a state of considerable perplexity,
(while) reflecting who was he who had given her form, what the Holy Spirit was ...
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Nebuchadnezzar's Dream
... In his perplexity, Nebuchadnezzar assembled his wise men""the magicians, and
the astrologers, and the sorcerers""and besought their help. ...
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Account Given by the Heretics of the Formation of Achamoth; Origin ...
... of her desire, and fear on the other hand, lest life itself should fail her, as
light had already done, while, in addition, she was in the greatest perplexity. ...
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The Present Distress of Nations.
... "And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon
the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring ...
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Thesaurus

Perplexity (8 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Perplexity (8 Occurrences). ... After listening to him he was
in great perplexity, and yet he found a pleasure in listening. (WEY). ...
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Ecclesiastes (1 Occurrence)
... At the outset he had a noble ambition for wisdom and discipline, but all he attained
to was unreality and perplexity of mind (Ecclesiastes 1:12-18). ...
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Embarrassment (1 Occurrence)
... 1. (n.) A state of being embarrassed; perplexity; impediment to freedom of action;
entanglement; hindrance; confusion or discomposure of mind, as from not ...
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Preacher (27 Occurrences)
... At the outset he had a noble ambition for wisdom and discipline, but all he attained
to was unreality and perplexity of mind (Ecclesiastes 1:12-18). ...
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Perplexed (16 Occurrences)

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Visits (4 Occurrences)
... The upright one -- than a thorn-hedge, The day of thy watchmen -- Thy
visitation -- hath come. Now is their perplexity. (See NIV). ...
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Nicodemus (5 Occurrences)
... But Christ, as on another occasion when dealing with His questioners on a similar
point of doctrine (compare John 6:52, 53), answered his perplexity only by ...
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Upright (392 Occurrences)
... he protected him. After listening to him he was in great perplexity, and
yet he found a pleasure in listening. (WEY BBE). Luke 1:6 ...
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Listening (47 Occurrences)
... he protected him. After listening to him he was in great perplexity, and
yet he found a pleasure in listening. (WEY NAS). Mark 11 ...
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Listen (441 Occurrences)
... protected him. After listening to him he was in great perplexity, and yet he
found a pleasure in listening. (Root in WEY NAS NIV). Mark ...
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Bible Concordance

Perplexity (8 Occurrences)

Mark 6:20 for Herod stood in awe of John, knowing him to be an upright and holy man, and he protected him. After listening to him he was in great perplexity, and yet he found a pleasure in listening.
(WEY)

Luke 9:7 And Herod the tetrarch heard of all the things which were done by him, and was in perplexity, because it was said by some that John was risen from among the dead,
(DBY)

Luke 21:25 There will be signs in the sun, moon, and stars; and on the earth anxiety of nations, in perplexity for the roaring of the sea and the waves;
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 24:4 At this they were in great perplexity, when suddenly there stood by them two men whose raiment flashed like lightning.
(WEY DBY)

Acts 2:12 And they were all amazed and in perplexity, saying one to another, What would this mean?
(DBY NAS)

Acts 5:24 And when they heard these words, both the priest and the captain of the temple and the chief priests were in perplexity as to them, what this would come to.
(DBY)

Isaiah 22:5 For it is a day of confusion, and of treading down, and of perplexity, from the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, in the valley of vision; a breaking down of the walls, and a crying to the mountains."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Micah 7:4 The best of them is as a brier: the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen and thy visitation cometh; now shall be their perplexity.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Subtopics

Perplexity

Related Terms

Ecclesiastes (1 Occurrence)

Embarrassment (1 Occurrence)

Preacher (27 Occurrences)

Perplexed (16 Occurrences)

Visits (4 Occurrences)

Nicodemus (5 Occurrences)

Upright (392 Occurrences)

Listening (47 Occurrences)

Listen (441 Occurrences)