Bereaved, Bereft
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 Joh 14:18 (AV, “comfortless”); “fatherless” in Jam 1:27; see DESOLATE, FATHERLESS.
“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.