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Bereaved, Bereft
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words
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lit., "to be rendered an orphan" (apo, "from," with the thought of separation, and orphanos, "an orphan"), is used metaphorically in 1 Thessalonians 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 John 14:18 (AV, "comfortless"); "fatherless" in James 1:27; see DESOLATE , FATHERLESS."to rob, defraud, deprive," is used in 1 Timothy 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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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Bereaved, Bereft'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/b/bereaved-bereft.html. 1940.
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Bereaved, Bereft'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/b/bereaved-bereft.html. 1940.
