Bible Dictionaries
Ephemeral

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) Anything lasting but a day, or a brief time; an ephemeral plant, insect, etc.

(2):

(a.) Short-lived; existing or continuing for a short time only.

(3):

(a.) Beginning and ending in a day; existing only, or no longer than, a day; diurnal; as, an ephemeral flower.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Ephemeral'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​e/ephemeral.html. 1828.