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Tale
TALE. The word in KJV renders several Hebrew and Greek words that modern versions translate according to their different meanings. Thus, for example, NIV gives the connotations of a moan (
2. הֶ֫גֶה, H2049. In the sense of an inward sigh, utterance, or meditation
3. רָכִיל, H8215; λη̂ρος, G3333. “Tale” is used in the Bible to mean slander or to carry an idle tale (
4. A classification of a literary type found in the Bible as well as in other lit. “Short story tales” are encountered frequently in the narratives of Jacob and Esau (
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915)
The disciples considered the account given by the women in regard to the resurrection as "idle tales" (the King James Version, the Revised Version (British and American) "idle talk"), literally, "nonsensical talk" (
See Slander.