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H2465 חֶלֶד (cheled) kheh'-led
Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

from an unused root apparently meaning to glide swiftly; life (as a fleeting portion of time); hence, the world (as transient)

KJV Usage: age, short time, world

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

חֶ֫לֶד (che.led) — lifetime/world. age, duration of life, the world

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

noun m

Land

world primarily used in poetry: = the earth as opposed to the sky, with special focus on the area that is inhabited by humans

PSA 17:14 · PSA 49:2

Time

lifetime = the timespan that a human being is on this world

JOB 11:17 · PSA 39:6 · PSA 89:48

Reinier de Blois

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

חֶ֫לֶד n.[m.] duration, world base

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