KJV dictionary & concordance
Deprived; stripped and left destitute.
Definition sources
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Genesis 42:36
Complete exact-word concordance
And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.
And Iacob their father said vnto them, We haue ye bereaued of my children: Ioseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye wil take Beniamin away: all these things are against me.
And God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may send away your other brother, and Benjamin. If I be bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.
And God Almightie giue you mercie before the man, that he may send away your other brother, and Beniamin: If I be bereaued of my children, I am bereaued.
1611 marginal noteOr, and I, as I haue bene &c.
Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and be widows; and let their men be put to death; let their young men be slain by the sword in battle.
Therefore deliuer vp their children to the famine, and powre out their blood by the force of the sword, and let their wiues be bereaued of their children and be widowes, and let their men be put to death, let their yong men be slaine by the sword in battell.
1611 marginal noteHeb. powre them out.
1611 marginal notePsal.109.10.
Thus saith the Lord God; Because they say unto you, Thou land devourest up men, and hast bereaved thy nations;
Thus saith the LORD God, Because they say vnto you, Thou land deuourest vp men, and hast bereaued thy nations,
I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them.
I will meet them as a beare that is bereaued of her whelpes, and will rent the kall of their heart, and there will I deuoure them like a Lion: the wilde beast shall teare them.
1611 marginal noteHebr. the beast of the field.
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Historical English dictionary sources
Deprived; stripped and left destitute.
