STRONGS NUMBER G642


Word Summary
aporphanizō: to be bereaved
Original Word: ἀπορφανίζω
Transliteration: 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: ἀπορφανίζω

ἀπορφανίζω: (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.