Strong’s H2465 · Hebrew
חֶלֶד
cheled · kheh'-led
Origin from an unused root apparently meaning to glide swiftly;
Meaning life (as a fleeting portion of time); hence, the world (as transient)
In the King James Version age, short time, world.
In 5 verses of the King James Version
- Job 11:17And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday; thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.
- Psalms 17:14From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.
- Psalms 39:5Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.
- Psalms 49:1To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world:
- Psalms 89:47Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.