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Dictionaries :: Bereaved, Bereft

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Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words
1 Strong's Number: g642 Greek: aporphanizomai

Bereaved, Bereft:

lit., "to be rendered an orphan" (apo, "from," with the thought of separation, and orphanos, "an orphan"), is used metaphorically in 1Th 2:17 (AV, "taken from;" RV, "bereaved"), in the sense of being "bereft" of the company of the saints through being compelled to leave them (cp. the similes in 7 and 11). The word has a wider meaning than that of being an orphan.

Note: The corresponding adjective, orphanos, is translated "desolate" in Jhn 14:18 (AV, "comfortless"); "fatherless" in Jam 1:27; see DESOLATE, FATHERLESS.

2 Strong's Number: g650 Greek: apostereo

Bereaved, Bereft:

"to rob, defraud, deprive," is used in 1Ti 6:5, in the Passive Voice, of being deprived or "bereft" (of the truth), with reference to false teachers (AV, "destitute").
See DEFRAUD, DESTITUTE, FRAUD.

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