Perplex, Perplexity

is rendered "perplexed" in 2Co 4:8, and in the most authentic mss. in Luk 24:4; see DOUBT, A, No. 1.

"was much perplexed" in Luk 9:7; see DOUBT, A, No. 2.

akin to A, No. 1, is translated "perplexity" in Luk 21:25 (lit., "at a loss for a way," a, negative, poros, "a way, resource"), of the distress of nations, finding no solution to their embarrassments; papyri illustrations are in the sense of being at one's wit's end, at a loss how to proceed, without resources.