שַׁחֶפֶתshachepheth

consumption, wasting disease (Deuteronomy 28:22; Leviticus 26:16)

Pronunciation: shakh-eh'-feth · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7829

Same root

שַׁחַףshachaph · H7828the gull (as thin)

Where it appears

Appears 2 times in the Bible.

Leviticus 26:16 I will punish you. I will bring sudden terrors upon you—wasting diseases and burning fevers that will cause your eyes to fail and your life to ebb away. You will plant your crops in vain because your enemies will eat them.
Deuteronomy 28:22 The Lord will strike you with wasting diseases, fever, and inflammation, with scorching heat and drought, and with blight and mildew. These disasters will pursue you until you die.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).