Hebrew word study

חֶלֶדcheled — life (as a fleeting portion of time)

Pronounced “kheh'-led”

life (as a fleeting portion of time); hence, the world (as transient)

Translated in the King James as: age, short time, world.

Appears 5 times in Scripture

Origin: from an unused root apparently meaning to glide swiftly;

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