# ἐξαπορέω/exaporeō
This word describes a situation or how something is. It is a verb. However, it is not an action.
* This word means to be in despair. A person in despair has lost all hope and does not think that things will get better.

See: 2 Corinthians 1:8; 4:8

**Advice to translators**: This type of verb describes a state of being.