What does λῆρος (lēros) mean in the Bible?
λῆρος (lēros): Empty, frivolous talk utterly lacking substance or credibility; dismissed as worthless chatter
Greek · G3026
λῆρος
Nonsense
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λῆρος G3026
Pronunciation lēros
What does λῆρος (lēros) mean in the Bible?
λῆρος (lēros): Empty, frivolous talk utterly lacking substance or credibility; dismissed as worthless chatter
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G3026?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include nonsense (1).
Where does λῆρος (lēros) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 24:11. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It nonsense 1× Luke 24:11
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Luke 24:11
Aligned rows 1
Books represented 1
Luke 1
Source forms
λῆρος 1x lēros Luke 24:11
Parsing patterns
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular 1x Luke 24:11
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Empty, frivolous talk utterly lacking substance or credibility; dismissed as worthless chatter
Strong's G3026
Lexical occurrences 1 verse Greek text appearances 1 time Word forms 1 form 1 reference Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
nonsense
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Empty, frivolous talk utterly lacking substance or credibility; dismissed as worthless chatter
silly talk, nonsense: Luk.24:11.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Luke 24:11 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
λῆρος lhrov
folly, nonsense, idle talk
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 1 Case pattern Nominative (1) Number pattern Singular (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Luke 24:11 1×
Where It Appears in Scripture
Where this word appears in Scripture: passage, original form, and sense in context.
Witnesses
Luke 24:1–12 λῆρος lēros
Nonsense, idle talk
Word Origins
λῆρος is a primary word - no further derivation.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain