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λῆρος
lēros
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G:N-M Greek

nonsense

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leros describes a report dismissed as nonsensical and therefore not believed.

The attested use names declarations regarded as nonsensical, with disbelief following that judgment in Luke 24:11.

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  1. A report dismissed as nonsensical · dominant

    In Luke 24:11, the nominative singular masculine form characterizes “These declarations” as something the hearers reject; the APB renders the verse, “These declarations seemed to them like nonsense, and they did not believe them.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Luke 24:11 the APB presents the declarations as seeming “like nonsense”; This indicates the verse’s presentation rather than a precise token-by-token rendering.

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