חֶלֶד
ḥeled
duration
Strong's H2465NounHebrewTWOT 653a

חֶלֶד (ḥeled) is a Hebrew noun meaning duration. It appears 5 times in 2 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H2465).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 653a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 653a)duration, world; life; age, short time
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

חֶ֫לֶד noun, masculine: duration, world

Strong's H2465 חֶלֶד: life (as a fleeting portion of time); hence, the world (as transient)
KJV:age, short time, world.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 653: חלד ḥld — abide, continue

See it in Scripture

Job 11:17Psalms 17:14

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