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dē̇-kā´: Although this word is still in good use in both its literal sense, of the putrefaction of either animal or vegetable matter, and its derived sense, denoting any deterioration, decline or gradual failure, the Revised Version (British and American) has replaced it by other expressions in ; ; ; ; in some of these cases with a gain in accuracy of translation. In (כּש×ל, kaÌ„shal, “to be feeble,†“stumbleâ€) the Revised Version (British and American) retains “is decayedâ€; in (חרב, hÌ£aÌ„reÌ„bh, “to be dried upâ€) the American Standard Revised Version substitutes “wasteth,†and in the American Standard Revised Version has “the body decayeth†instead of the more literal translation offensive to modern ears (ὀÌζει, oÌzei, “emits a smellâ€).