λῆρος
lēros
G3026
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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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.