Nonsense
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (n.) That which is not sense, or has no sense; words, or language, which have no meaning, or which convey no intelligible ideas; absurdity.

2. (n.) Trifles; things of no importance.

Greek
5396. phluareo -- to talk nonsense
... to talk nonsense. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: phluareo Phonetic Spelling:
(floo-ar-eh'-o) Short Definition: I gossip against Definition: I gossip ...
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3026. leros -- silly talk
... silly talk. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: leros Phonetic Spelling:
(lay'-ros) Short Definition: folly, nonsense, idle talk Definition: folly ...
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3153. mataiotes -- vanity, emptiness
... frailty; false religion. Cognate: 3153 (a noun) -- due to lacking or any
meaningful end; nonsense because transitory. Word Origin ...
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Strong's Hebrew
5039. nebalah -- senselessness, disgrace
... NASB Word Usage act of folly (2), disgraceful act (1), disgraceful acts (1),
disgraceful thing (3), folly (3), foolishly (1), foolishness (1), nonsense (1). ...
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What Nonsense is this Out of which they Fabricate a Charge against ...
... 20. What nonsense is this out of which they fabricate a charge against me! ... 20. What
nonsense is this out of which they fabricate a charge against me! ...
/.../20 what nonsense is this.htm

"There, Baby!" Said Diamond; "I'M So Happy that I Can Only Sing ...
... Chapter 25 "There, baby!" said Diamond; "I'm so happy that I can only sing
nonsense.? ... Do you think they ever sing nonsense, mother?". ...
/.../macdonald/at the back of the north wind/chapter 25 there baby said.htm

In the Next Place, Celsus, after Heaping Together, Simply as Mere ...
... who have left to us our books, not knowing at all what the nature of the world is,
and of man, have woven together a web of sheer nonsense." [4533] If he had ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/origen/origen against celsus/chapter l in the next 2.htm

As to Your Charge of Perjury, Since You Refer Me to Your Book; and ...
... Are you not ashamed of hunting up nonsense of this kind and putting me
to the trouble of bringing up similar things against you? ...
/.../32 as to your charge.htm

On Smart Novelists and the Smart Set
... Even when they talk pure nonsense it is a careful nonsense " a nonsense of which
they are economical, or, to use the perfect expression of Mr. WS Gilbert in ...
//christianbookshelf.org/chesterton/heretics/xv on smart novelists and.htm

Accidental Causes of Corruption.
... supposed that Tischendorf's eyes would have been opened when he noticed that in
his own Codex (') one word more (hoi) is dropped,"whereby nonsense is made of ...
/.../chapter iii accidental causes of.htm

My Readers Will not Wonder That, after This, I did My Very Best to ...
... "You silly! you never have done about that dream. I never dreamed but that one,
and it was nonsense enough, I'm sure.". "It wasn't nonsense. ...
/.../macdonald/at the back of the north wind/chapter 36 my readers will.htm

But in this Corner Called England, at this End of the Century...
... it. Suddenly, without warning, the women have begun to say all the nonsense
that we ourselves hardly believed when we said it. The ...
/.../chesterton/whats wrong with the world/chapter 22 but in this.htm

The Excuses of Sinners Condemn God
... Oh, what stupid nonsense! ... This notion that men can't be religious, because
they have some business to do, is the merest nonsense. ...
/.../finney/sermons on gospel themes/v the excuses of sinners.htm

Answer to Mr. W's Fourth Objection.
... And where there is a possibility of fraud, it is nonsense, and mere credulity to
talk of a real, certain and stupendous miracle, especially where the jugler ...
/.../section iv answer to mr.htm

Thesaurus
Nonsense (4 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Nonsense (4 Occurrences). Luke 24:11 These words seemed
to them to be nonsense, and they didn't believe them. (WEB NAS NIV). ...
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Nooma

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Gear (3 Occurrences)
... 11. (n.) See 1st Jeer (b). 12. (n.) Anything worthless; stuff; nonsense;
rubbish. 13. (vt) To dress; to put gear on; to harness. 14. ...
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Talk (164 Occurrences)
... French. 5. (vt) To deliver in talking; to speak; to utter; to make a subject
of conversation; as, to talk nonsense; to talk politics. 6 ...
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Rave (1 Occurrence)
... beauty. 6. (vt) To utter in madness or frenzy; to say wildly; as, to rave
nonsense. Multi-Version Concordance Rave (1 Occurrence). ...
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Everlasting (192 Occurrences)
... 2. (a.) Continuing indefinitely, or during a long period; perpetual; sometimes used,
colloquially, as a strong intensive; as, this everlasting nonsense. Int. ...
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Sheer (2 Occurrences)
... sheer muslin. 3. (vi) Being only what it seems to be; obvious; simple; mere;
downright; as, sheer folly; sheer nonsense. 4. (vi) Straight ...
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Stuff (49 Occurrences)
... 5. (n.) A medicine or mixture; a potion. 6. (vt) Refuse or worthless matter;
hence, also, foolish or irrational language; nonsense; trash. ...
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Seemed (89 Occurrences)
... robbers?" (WEB). Luke 24:11 These words seemed to them to be nonsense, and
they didn't believe them. (WEB KJV WEY BBE WBS RSV NIV). Luke ...
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Answers (42 Occurrences)
... Job 21:34 So how can you comfort me with nonsense, seeing that in your answers there
remains only falsehood?" (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Resources
Who is Jesus Christ? | GotQuestions.org

What is logical positivism? | GotQuestions.org

Does the name “Jesus” actually mean “Hail, Zeus”? | GotQuestions.org

Nonsense: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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Concordance
Nonsense (4 Occurrences)

Luke 24:11
These words seemed to them to be nonsense, and they didn't believe them.
(WEB NAS NIV)

Job 21:34
So how can you comfort me with nonsense, seeing that in your answers there remains only falsehood?"
(WEB NIV)

Isaiah 32:6
For the foolish man will say foolish things, having evil thoughts in his heart, working what is unclean, and talking falsely about the Lord, to keep food from him who is in need of it, and water from him whose soul is desiring it.
(See NAS)

Isaiah 44:25
Who makes the signs of those who give word of the future come to nothing, so that those who have knowledge of secret arts go off their heads; turning the wise men back, and making their knowledge foolish:
(See NIV)

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