חֶלֶד
cheled · lifetime, world
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H2465 · appears 5 times in the Bible
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cheled (חֶלֶד) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “lifetime, world”.
Life as time that passes; the length of a life. Also the world, as something passing.
How to say it
che·led
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- The time one is alive.
- The world of the living, with all that passes in it.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- lifetime ×2
- world ×2
- lifespan is ×1
Related words
Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Job 11:17
And above noonday your lifetime will rise; the darkness will be like the morning.
- Psalms 17:14
from men, by your hand, YHWH, from men of the world, whose share is in life; and with what you have stored up you fill their belly; the sons are satisfied and leave their remainder to their little ones.
- Psalms 39:5
Look, as handbreadths you have made my days, and my lifetime is as nothing before you; only a vapor is every human being standing firm. Selah.
- Psalms 49:1
For the director. Of the sons of Korah. A psalm. Hear this, all you peoples; give ear, all inhabitants of the world,
- Psalms 89:47
Remember what my lifespan is; for what vanity have you created all human beings?