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bereave

Meaning of “bereave”

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

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
6 occurrences6 verses4 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Ecclesiastes 4:8

Complete exact-word concordance

Every verse containing “bereave”

KJV PCE
Ecclesiastes 4:8
There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ecclesiastes 4:8 · retained source text

There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither childe nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour, neither is his eye satisfied with riches, neither sayth hee, For whom doe I labour, and bereaue my soule of good? this is also vanitie, yea it is a sore trauell.

Jeremiah 15:7
And I will fan them with a fan in the gates of the land; I will bereave them of children, I will destroy my people, since they return not from their ways.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 15:7 · retained source text

And I will fanne them with a fanne in the gates of the land: I will bereaue them of children, I wil destroy my people, sith they returne not from their waies.

1611 marginal noteOr, whatsoeuer is deare.

Ezekiel 5:17
So will I send upon you famine and evil beasts, and they shall bereave thee; and pestilence and blood shall pass through thee; and I will bring the sword upon thee. I the Lord have spoken it.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ezekiel 5:17 · retained source text

So will I send vpon you famine, and euill beasts, and they shall bereaue thee, and pestilence and blood shal passe through thee, and I will bring the sword vpon thee: I the LORD haue spoken it.

1611 marginal noteLeuit.26.22.

Ezekiel 36:12
Yea, I will cause men to walk upon you, even my people Israel; and they shall possess thee, and thou shalt be their inheritance, and thou shalt no more henceforth bereave them of men.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezekiel 36:12 · retained source text

Yea I will cause men to walke vpon you, euen my people Israel, and they shall possesse thee, and thou shalt be their inheritance, and thou shalt no more henceforth bereaue them of men.

Ezekiel 36:14
Therefore thou shalt devour men no more, neither bereave thy nations any more, saith the Lord God.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ezekiel 36:14 · retained source text

Therefore thou shalt deuoure men no more, neither bereaue thy nations any more, saith the LORD God.

1611 marginal noteOr, cause to fall.

Hosea 9:12
Though they bring up their children, yet will I bereave them, that there shall not be a man left: yea, woe also to them when I depart from them!
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Hosea 9:12 · retained source text

Though they bring vp their children, yet wil I bereaue them that there shall not be a man left: yea, woe also to them when I depart from them.

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Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

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

Webster 1828 facsimile, volume 1, leaf 265