Strong's Concordance
Original word: חֶ֫לֶד
Transliteration: cheled
Definition (short): world
Definition (full): life, the world
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin: from an unused word
Definition: duration, world
NASB Translation: life (1), lifetime (1), span of life (1), world (3).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
From an unused root apparently meaning to glide swiftly; life (as a fleeting portion of time); hence, the world (as transient) -- age, short time, world.
References
KJV:
And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday; thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.
NASB:
"Your life would be brighter than noonday; Darkness would be like the morning.
KJV:
From 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.
NASB:
From men with Your hand, O LORD, From men of the world, whose portion is in this life, And whose belly You fill with Your treasure; They are satisfied with children, And leave their abundance to their babes.
KJV:
Behold, 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.
NASB:
"Behold, You have made my days as handbreadths, And my lifetime as nothing in Your sight; Surely every man at his best is a mere breath. Selah.