Word Summary
aporphanizō: to be bereaved
Original Word: ἀπορφανίζωTransliteration: aporphanizō
Phonetic Spelling: (ap-or-fan-id'-zo)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to be bereaved
Meaning: to be bereaved
Strong's Concordance
to make an orphan of
From apo and a derivative of orphanos; to bereave wholly, i.e. (figuratively) separate (from intercourse) -- take.
see GREEK apo
see GREEK orphanos
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 642: ἀπορφανίζωἀπορφανίζω: (1 aorist passive participle
ἀπορφανισθεις); (from
ὀρφανός bereft, and
ἀπό namely,
τίνος),
to bereave of a parent or parents (so
Aeschylus choiëph. 247 (249)); hence, metaphorically,
ἀπορφανισθέντες ἀφ' ὑμῶν bereft of your contact and society,
1 Thessalonians 2:17 (here
Rec.elz (by mistake)
ἀποφανισθεντες.