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Bereaver
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
Bereaver, otherwise very rare, is found the Revised Version (British and American)
Bereft is found in