(n.) One who bereaves.BEREAVE; BEREAVER; BEREFT

be-rev', be-rev'-er, be-reft': Bereave is frequently used in the Old Testament in the (now almost obsolete) meaning of "to deprive," "to take away," especially with reference to loss of children. The Hebrew word used here is shakhol, "to be childless," or in the Piel "to make childless" (compare Genesis 42:36 et al.). In the King James Version Ecclesiastes 4:8 (from the Hebrew chacer, "to lack") we read "and bereave my soul of good" (the Revised Version (British and American) "deprive"), and in Ezekiel 36:14 (from Hebrew kashal, "to stumble"), "neither bereave thy nations any more" (the Revised Version, margin "cause to stumble").

Bereaver, otherwise very rare, is found the Revised Version (British and American) Ezekiel 36:13 (from Hebrew shakhol "to be childless"), "a bereaver of thy nation" (the King James Version "hast bereaved").

Bereft is found in 1 Timothy 6:5 (from the Greek apostereo, "to rob") "bereft of the truth" (the King James Version "destitute"). The expression bereavement (the Revised Version (British and American) Isaiah 49:20) in the phrase "the children of thy bereft" means "the children born to thee in the time when God had afflicted thee."

A. L. Breslich

Bereaver (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) One who bereaves. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia.
BEREAVE; BEREAVER; BEREFT. ... Multi-Version Concordance Bereaver (1 Occurrence). ...
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Bereave (10 Occurrences)
... their father. 2. (vt) To take away from. 3. (vt) To take away. Int. Standard
Bible Encyclopedia. BEREAVE; BEREAVER; BEREFT. be-rev ...
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Bereft (9 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (pp) of Bereave. 2. (v.) imp. & pp of Bereave.
Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. BEREAVE; BEREAVER; BEREFT. ...
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Devourer (2 Occurrences)
... Ezekiel 36:13 Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Because they say to you, You are a devourer
of men, and have been a bereaver of your nation; (WEB JPS ASV YLT NAS). ...
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Deprive (17 Occurrences)
... (See NIV). Ezekiel 36:13 Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Because they say to you, You
are a devourer of men, and have been a bereaver of your nation; (See NIV). ...
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Bereaves (1 Occurrence)

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Bereavement (4 Occurrences)

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Devour (118 Occurrences)
... Ezekiel 36:13 Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Because they say to you, You are a devourer
of men, and have been a bereaver of your nation; (Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV ...
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