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consumption

Meaning of “consumption”

Sense 1: A wasting disease. Sense 2: A complete or determined destruction.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesBullokar 1616
5 occurrences5 verses3 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Leviticus 26:16

Complete exact-word concordance

Every verse containing “consumption”

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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.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Leviticus 26:16 · retained source text

I also will doe this vnto you, I will euen appoint ouer you terrour, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seede in vaine, for your enemies shall eate it.

1611 marginal noteHebr. vpon you.

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.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 28:22 · retained source text

The LORD shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a feuer, and with an inflammation, & with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildewe: and they shall pursue thee vntill thou perish.

1611 marginal noteOr, drought

1611 marginal noteLeuit. 26.16.

Isaiah 10:22
For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a remnant of them shall return: the consumption decreed shall overflow with righteousness.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 10:22 · retained source text

For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a remnant of them shall returne: the consumption decreed shall ouerflow with righteousnesse.

1611 marginal noteHeb. in or amongst.

1611 marginal noteOr, in.

1611 marginal noteCha 28.22 rom.9.27.

Isaiah 10:23
For the Lord God of hosts shall make a consumption, even determined, in the midst of all the land.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 10:23 · retained source text

For the LORD God of hostes shall make a consumption, euen determined in the middest of all the land.

1611 marginal noteChap.28.22.

Isaiah 28:22
Now therefore be ye not mockers, lest your bands be made strong: for I have heard from the Lord God of hosts a consumption, even determined upon the whole earth.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 28:22 · retained source text

Now therefore be yee not mockers, lest your bands be made strong: for I haue heard from the LORD God of hostes a consumption euen determined vpon the whole earth.

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Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

A consuming: Also a disease, wherein the lungs being exulcerated, there followeth a leannesse of all the body.

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