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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

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kon -sump´shun ( שׁחפת , shaḥepheth , "wasting away"): One of the punishments which was to follow neglect or breach of the law. It may mean pulmonary consumption, which occurs frequently in Palestine; but from its association with fever in the texts, Leviticus 26:16; Deuteronomy 28:22 , it is more likely to be the much more common condition of wasting and emaciation from prolonged or often recurring attacks of malarial fever.

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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Consumption'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​isb/​c/consumption.html. 1915.
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