שַׁחֶפֶת
shachefet · wasting disease
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H7829 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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shachefet (שַׁחֶפֶת) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “wasting disease”.
A disease that wastes the body away.
How to say it
sha·che·fet
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- An illness that wears the body away to thinness.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- consumption ×1
- wasting disease ×1
Related words
Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Leviticus 26:16
then I will do this to you: I will appoint over you terror, wasting disease and fever that consume the eyes and drain the life; and you will sow your seed in vain, for your enemies will eat it.
- Deuteronomy 28:22
YHWH will strike you with consumption, with fever, with inflammation, with fiery heat, with the sword, with blight, and with mildew; and they will pursue you until you perish.