noun · masculine

lēros

Greekλῆρος (lēros)

Strong’sG3026

folly, nonsense, idle talk

stem lēr-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

nonsense1×

What it means

** λῆρος, -ου, ὁ,

[in LXX: IV Mac 5:10*;]

silly talk, nonsense: Lk 24:11.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G3026 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidlay'-ros

twaddle, i.e. an incredible story

Fromapparently a primary word;

King Jamesidle tale.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	lēros1×λῆρος	lērois
object accusative	lēron	lēroin
direct address vocative	lēror	lēroir
of, belonging to genitive	lērou	lēroiu
to, for dative	lēro	lēroi

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

lērstem+ogender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

lēro is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

lēros“nonsense”subjectnominative singular1×

Luke 24:11“nonsense”kai fainila enōpion autoiu hōsei lēros teim rēmeim houteim, kai apistale autai.But their words seemed like nonsense to them, and they did not believe the women.