Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H7829: שַׁחֶפֶת

shachepheth · pronounced shakh-eh'-feth · “illness”

Definition

emaciation

KJV translates it as: consumption.

Word origin: from the same as H7828 (שַׁחַף);

Extended definition

1) consumption, wasting disease
1a) a wasting disease of the lungs

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H7829 is translated

  • consumption ×2

Bible verses with H7829 (shachepheth)

Shachepheth appears in 2 verses.

  • Leviticus 26:16

    I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.

  • Deuteronomy 28:22

    The Lord shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish.