Lifetime/world
חֶ֫לֶדStrong’s H2465cheled (che-led)
Appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Cheled is the Hebrew word usually translated “lifespan”, “from world” and “lifespan my”. It appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament.
“And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday: thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.”
Meaning
- Age, duration of life, the world
How it's translated
- lifespan 2
- from world 1
- and lifespan my 1
- world 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 4
- Job 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 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 49:1Hear 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?
Hebrew dictionary
חֶ֫לֶד cheled · lifetime/world
age, duration of life, the world
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “world” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
WORLD, noun
[This seems to be a compound word, and probably is named from roundness, the vault; but this is not certain.]
- The universe; the whole system of created globes or vast bodies of matter.
- The earth; the terraqueous globe; sometimes called the lower world
- The heavens; as when we speak of the heavenly world or upper world
- System of beings; or the orbs which occupy space, and all the beings which inhabit them. Hebrews 11:7“God--hath in these last days spoken to us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things; by whom also he made the worlds” Hebrews 1:2
All definitions
- Present state of existence; as while we are in the world“Behold, these are the ungodly who prosper in the world” Psalms 73:12
- A secular life.
- Public life, or society; as banished from the world
- Business or trouble of life.
- A great multitude or quantity; as a world of business; a world of charms.
- Mankind; people in general; in an indefinite sense.
- Course of life.
- Universal empire.
- The customs and manners of men; the practice of life.
- All the world contains.
- The principal nations or countries of the earth.
- The Roman empire.
- A large tract of country; a wide compass of things.
- The inhabitants of the earth; the whole human race. John 3:16
- The carnal state or corruption of the earth; as the present evil world; the course of this world Galatians 1:4Ephesians 2:2
- The ungodly part of the world“I pray not for the world but for them that thou hast given men” John 17:9
- Time; as in the phrase, world without end.
- A collection of wonders. [Not in use.]
- Exactly. [Little used.]
- For any consideration.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.