2001 Translation

LĒRON, lēron

Sounds Like: LAY-ron

Translations: nonsense, foolishness, idle talk, a trifle

From the root: ΛΗΡΟΣ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to something foolish, nonsensical, or trivial. It can describe idle talk, empty words, or something of no value or importance. It is often used in contexts where something is dismissed as absurd or unbelievable.

Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Masculine

Strong’s number: G3026 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Clement of Alexandria

• Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 4:1

Codex Sinaiticus

• 4 Maccabees — 5:11

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• 4 Maccabees — 5:11

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΛΗΡΟΣ.

These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.

• ΛΗΡΟ — nonsense, idle talk, foolishness, a trifle, a delusion
• ΛΗΡΟΣ — nonsense, idle talk, foolishness, a trifle, a delusion
• ΛΗΡΩΔΕΣ — foolish, absurd, nonsensical, idle, vain
• ΛΗΡΩΔΩΝ — of foolish, of silly, of nonsensical
• ΤΟΝΛΗΡΟΝ — the nonsense, the foolishness, a nonsense, a foolishness

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