Bereaved, Bereft - Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words
Bereaved, Bereft
[ 1,,G642, aporphanizomai ]lit., to be rendered an orphan" (apo, "from," with the thought of separation, and orphanos, "an orphan"), is used metaphorically in 1 Thessalonians 2:17 (AV, "taken from;" RV, "bereaved"), in the sense of being "bereft" of the company of the saints through being compelled to leave them (cp. the similes in 7 and 11). The word has a wider meaning than that of being an orphan.
Note: The corresponding adjective, orphanos, is translated "desolate" in John 14:18 (AV, "comfortless"); "fatherless" in James 1:27; See DESOLATE, FATHERLESS.
[ 2,,G650, apostereo ]
"to rob, defraud, deprive," is used in 1 Timothy 6:5, in the Passive Voice, of being deprived or "bereft" (of the truth), with reference to false teachers (AV, "destitute"). See DEFRAUD, DESTITUTE, FRAUD.