- Original: ἀπορία - Transliteration: Aporia - Phonetic: ap-or-ee'-a - Definition: 1. the state of one who is in perplexity - Origin: from the same as G639 - TDNT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine - Strong's: From the same as G639 ; a (state of) quandary: - perplexity.