Strong's Hebrew · H2465
חֶלֶד
cheled · kheh'-led
age, short time, world.
Definition
life (as a fleeting portion of time); hence, the world (as transient)
Derivation
from an unused root apparently meaning to glide swiftly;
Appears 5 times in Scripture
“from such men, O LORD, by Your hand—from men of the world whose portion is in this life. May You fill the bellies of Your treasured ones and satisfy their sons, so they leave their abundance to their children.”
“Hear this, all you peoples; listen, all inhabitants of the world,”
“Remember the briefness of my lifespan! For what futility You have created all men!”
“Your life will be brighter than noonday; its darkness will be like the morning.”
“You, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You. Truly each man at his best exists as but a breath. Selah”
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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).