3026. léros
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léros: Nonsense, idle talk

Original Word: λῆρος
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Transliteration: léros
Pronunciation: lay'-ros
Phonetic Spelling: (lay'-ros)
KJV: idle tale
NASB: nonsense
Word Origin: [apparently a primary word]

1. foolish or idle talk, trivial chatter
2. an outlandish story
3. twaddle, prattle, or gossip

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
idle tale.

Apparently a primary word; twaddle, i.e. An incredible story -- idle tale.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
a prim. word
Definition
silly talk
NASB Translation
nonsense (1).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3026: λῆρος

λῆρος, ληρου, , idle talk, nonsense: Luke 24:11. (4 Macc. 5:10; Xenophon, an. 7, 7, 41; Aristophanes, others; plural joined with παιδιαι, Plato, Protag., p. 347 d.; with φλυαριαι, ibid., Hipp., major edition, p. 304 b.)

Forms and Transliterations
ληρος λήρος λῆρος ληστήριον leros lêros lēros lē̂ros
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Englishman's Concordance
Luke 24:11 N-NMS
GRK: αὐτῶν ὡσεὶ λῆρος τὰ ῥήματα
NAS: appeared to them as nonsense, and they would not believe
KJV: them as idle tales, and they believed
INT: them like idle talk the words

Strong's Greek 3026
1 Occurrence


λῆρος — 1 Occ.

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