- Original: חלד - Transliteration: Cheled - Phonetic: kheh'-led - Definition: 1. age, duration of life, the world - Origin: from an unused root apparently meaning to glide swiftly - TWOT entry: 653a - Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine - Strong's: 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. Total KJV Occurrences: 5 • age, 2 Job 11:17; Psalm 39:5 • short, 1 Psalm 89:47 • world, 2 Psalm 17:14; Psalm 49:1