Quick Definition
bereavement
Strong's Definition
childlessness (by continued bereavements)
Derivation: plural from H7921 (שָׁכֹל);
KJV Usage: to have after loss of others.
TWOT Reference: 2385d
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) childlessness, bereavement
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
שִׁכֻּלִים (shik.ku.lim) — bereavement. childlessness, bereavement
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m · שׁכל
Dead
bereavement = state in which humans have lost their offspring through an untimely death
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[שִׁכֻּלִים] n.pl.abstr. bereavement, childlessness;—Is 49:20 ref