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Consumption

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

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as a disease, is the rendering of the Heb. שִׁחֶפֶת, shache'pheth (occurs only Leviticus 26:10; Deuteronomy 28:22), from שָׁחִפ, shachaph', to pine away; and probably designates a wasting malady. (See DISEASE).

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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Consumption'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​c/consumption.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
 
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