Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) The state of being bereaved; deprivation; esp., the loss of a relative by death.

Multi-Version Concordance Bereavement (4 Occurrences) Psalms 35:12 They reward me evil for good, to the bereavement of my soul. (DBY JPS NAS) Isaiah 47:8 And now, hear this, O luxurious one, Who is sitting confidently -- Who is saying in her heart, 'I 'am', and none else, I sit not a widow, nor know bereavement.' (YLT) Isaiah 49:20 The children of your bereavement shall yet say in your ears, The place is too small for me; give place to me that I may dwell. (WEB JPS ASV DBY YLT RSV NIV) Jeremiah 15:7 And I scatter them with a fan, in the gates the land, I bereaved, I have destroyed My people, From their ways they turned not back. (See NIV)