KJV Dictionary Definition: bereave

bereave

BERE'AVE, v.t. pret.bereaved, bereft: pp.bereaved, bereft.

1. To deprive; to strip; to make destitute; with of before the thing taken away.

Me have ye bereaved of my children. Gen.42.

It is sometimes used without of, and is particularly applied to express the loss of friends by death.

2. To take away from.

bereaved

BERE'AVED, pp. Deprived; stripped and left destitute.

bereavement

BERE'AVEMENT, n. Deprivation, particularly by the loss of a friend by death.

bereaving

BERE'AVING, ppr. Stripping bare; depriving.

Definitions from Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language, 1828.

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