Quick Definition
ἀπορφανίζω v. I separate from some one, bereave
Strong's Definition
from 575 and a derivative of 3737; to bereave wholly, i.e. (figuratively) separate (from intercourse)
KJV Usage: take
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | ὀρφανός
85.17 · Existence in Space · Be in a Place
to separate and to deprive (a figurative extension of meaning of ἀπορφανίζω ‘to cause to be an orphan,’ not occurring in the NT) to cause someone to be spacially separated, with the implication of additional emotional deprivation
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀπ-ορφανίζω: [1 aor. pass. ptep. ἀπορφανισθείς] ; (fr. ὀρφανός bereft, and ἀπό se. τινός), to bereave of a parent or parents, (so Aeschyl. choéph. 247 (249)); hence metaph. ἀπορφανισθέντες ἀφ᾽ ὑμῶν bereft of your intercourse and society, 1 Th. ii. 17 [here Rec*!# (by mistake) ἀποφανιobevtes |.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀπορφανίζω aporphanizō 1x
lit., to make an orphan; fig., to deprive, bereave, 1 Thess. 2:17*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* ἀπ-ορφανίζω
(< ἀπό, ὀρφανός),
to be bereaved (prop., of a parent, Lft., Notes, 36); metaph., I Th 2:17 (where Field thinks it = χωρισθέντες, Notes, 199).†
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἀπορφανίζω (aporphanizō) — to orphan. ἀπορφᾰνίζω, bereave, τινὰ παιδός[Refs]:—passive, to be orphaned, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἀπό τινος ἀ. to be torn away from..,[NT]