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 |
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