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kon-su-mā´shun (כּלּיון, killaÌ„yoÌ„n from כּלה, kaÌ„laÌ„h): The word, meaning destruction, completion, or failing (; ; ) is translated interchangeably in the King James Version for another Hebrew word referring to a physical disease, and best translated “consumptionâ€; compare ; . Not used in the Revised Version (British and American). The Hebrew variously but more accurately translated “full endâ€; compare ; ; and “destructionâ€; compare ; . There seems therefore to be an inconsistency on the part of both the Authorized and Revised translations.