"idle talk; an empty tale, nonsense, Lk. 24:11*"
Definition and meaning
idle talk; an empty tale, nonsense, Lk. 24:11*
In the original Greek the word is written: λῆρος
Historical context
Luke wrote as a historian addressing a Greek audience. He carefully interviewed eyewitnesses and arranged events in order. The social and economic realities he describes — Roman taxation, Jewish religious hierarchy, the marginalization of women and the poor — are consistent with first-century Judea under Roman administration.
The people who first heard this word were not reading a book — they were living through empires, oppression, exile, and covenant. Every word carried the weight of that reality. Understanding it changes how you read Scripture.
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of leros (G3026) across the King James Bible.
And their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they believed them not.
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Common questions
Strong's G3026 (leros) is a Greek word that means: idle talk; an empty tale, nonsense, Lk. 24:11* It appears 1 times in the King James Bible.
The word leros (G3026) appears 1 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G3026 is leros, a Greek word defined as: idle talk; an empty tale, nonsense, Lk. 24:11*. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
leros is a Greek word found in the New Testament.