Bible Dictionary
CONSUMMATION
Consummation means completion, full end, or destruction. In prophetic passages it refers to the appointed full measure or final end of judgment and desolation.
Definition
Consummation means completion, full end, destruction, or the reaching of an appointed limit. In prophetic usage it concerns the complete measure or final end of desolation and judgment.
Biblical Usage
The term occurs in passages concerning the full end or destruction associated with prophetic judgment, especially in Isaiah and Daniel.
Historical Background
The Authorized Version sometimes uses “consummation” where “full end” or “destruction” more accurately conveys the Hebrew meaning; the Revised Version does not retain the term.
Related Figures
Historical Bible Dictionaries
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>kon-su-ma'-shun (killayon from kalah): The word, meaning destruction, completion, or failing (Isa 10:23; 28:22; Da 9:27) is translated interchangeably in the King James Version for another Hebrew word referring to a physical disease, and best translated "consumption"; compare Le 26:16; De 28:22. Not used in the Revised Version (British and American). The Hebrew variously but more accurately translated "full end"; compare Da 9:27; Isa 10:23; and "destruction"; compare Isa 10:22; 28:22. There seems therefore to be an inconsistency on the part of both the Authorized and Revised translations.</p><p>Walter G. Clippinger</p>