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Lexicon :: Strong's G2425 - hikanos

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ἱκανός
Transliteration
hikanos (Key)
Pronunciation
hik-an-os'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
From hiko [hikano or hikneomai, akin to ἥκω (G2240)] (to arrive)
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TDNT Reference: 3:293,361

Strong’s Definitions

ἱκανός hikanós, hik-an-os'; from ἵκω híkō ( ἱκάνω hikánō or ἱκνέομαι hiknéomai, akin to G2240) (to arrive); competent (as if coming in season), i.e. ample (in amount) or fit (in character):—able, + content, enough, good, great, large, long (while), many, meet, much, security, sore, sufficient, worthy.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 41x

The KJV translates Strong's G2425 in the following manner: many (11x), much (6x), worthy (5x), long (4x), sufficient (3x), miscellaneous (12x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 41x
The KJV translates Strong's G2425 in the following manner: many (11x), much (6x), worthy (5x), long (4x), sufficient (3x), miscellaneous (12x).

  1. sufficient

    1. many enough, enough

    2. sufficient in ability, i.e. meet, fit

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἱκανός hikanós, hik-an-os'; from ἵκω híkō ( ἱκάνω hikánō or ἱκνέομαι hiknéomai, akin to G2240) (to arrive); competent (as if coming in season), i.e. ample (in amount) or fit (in character):—able, + content, enough, good, great, large, long (while), many, meet, much, security, sore, sufficient, worthy.
STRONGS G2425:
ἱκανός, ἱκανή, ἱκανόν (from ἵκω, ἱκανῷ; properly, 'reaching to', 'attaining to'; hence, 'adequate'); as in Greek writings from Herodotus and Thucydides down, sufficient;
a. of number and quantity; with nouns, many enough, or enough with a genitive: ὄχλος ἱκανός, a great multitude (A. V. often much people), Mark 10:46; Luke 7:12; Acts 11:24, 26; Acts 19:26; λαός, Acts 5:37 R G; κλαυθμός, Acts 20:37; ἀργύρια ἱκανά (A. V. large money, cf. the colloquial, 'money enough'), Matthew 28:12; λαμπάδες, Acts 20:8; λόγοι, Luke 23:9; φῶς ἱκανόν, a considerable light (A. V. a great light), Acts 22:6. of time: ἱκανῷ χρόνῳ (cf. Winers Grammar, § 31, 9; Buttmann, § 133, 26) for a long time (Luke 8:27 T Tr text WH); Acts 8:11; also ἱκανόν χρόνον, Acts 14:3; and plural Luke 20:9; ἐξ ἱκανοῦ, of a long time, now for a long time, Luke 23:8 R G; also ἐκ χρόνων, ἱκανῶν, Luke 8:27 R G L Tr marginal reading; Luke 23:8 L T Tr WH; (ἀπό ἱκανῶν ἐτῶν, these many years, Romans 15:23 WH Tr text); ἱκανοῦ... χρόνου διαγενομένου, much time having elapsed, Acts 27:9; ἐφ' ἱκανόν for a long while, Acts 20:11 (2 Macc. 8:25; Diodorus 13, 100; Palaeph. 28); ἡμέραι (cf. Lightfoot on Galatians, p. 89 n.), Acts 9:23, 43; Acts 18:18; Acts 27:7. absolutely, ἱκανοί, many, a considerable number: Luke 7:11 (R G L brackets T Tr marginal reading brackets); Acts 12:12; Acts 14:21; Acts 19:19; 1 Corinthians 11:30 (1 Macc. 13:49, etc.). ἱκανόν ἐστιν, it is enough, equivalent to enough has been said on this subject, Luke 22:38 (for Jesus, saddened at the paltry ideas of the disciples, breaks off in this way the conversation; the Jews, when a companion uttered anything absurd, were accustomed to use the phrase לָכֶם רַב (A. V. let it suffice thee, etc.), as in Deuteronomy 3:26, where the Sept. ἱκανούσθω) ἱκανόν τῷ τοιούτῳ ἡ ἐπιτιμία αὕτη, SC. ἐστι, sufficient... is this punishment, 2 Corinthians 2:6; after the Latin idiom satisfacere alicui, τό ἱκανόν ποιεῖν τίνι, to take away from one every ground of complaint (A. V. to content), Mark 15:15 (Polybius 32, 7, 13; Appendix, Puff., p. 68, Toll. edition (sec. 74, i., p. 402 edition Schweig.); (Diogenes Laërtius 4, 50); τό ἱκανο λαμβάνω (Latinsatisaccipio), to take security (either by accepting sponsors, or by a deposit of money until the case had been decided), Acts 17:9.
b. sufficient in ability, i. e. meet, fit (German tüchtig (A. V. worthy, able, etc.)): πρός τί, for something, 2 Corinthians 2:16; followed by an infinitive (Buttmann, 260 (223f)), Matthew 3:11; Mark 1:7; Luke 3:16; 1 Corinthians 15:9; 2 Corinthians 3:5; 2 Timothy 2:2; followed by ἵνα with subjunctive (Buttmann, 240 (207); cf. Winer's Grammar, 335 (314)): Matthew 8:8; Luke 7:6.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Deuteronomy
3:26
Matthew
3:11; 8:8; 28:12
Mark
1:7; 10:46; 15:15
Luke
3:16; 7:6; 7:11; 7:12; 8:27; 8:27; 20:9; 22:38; 23:8; 23:8; 23:9
Acts
5:37; 8:11; 9:23; 9:43; 11:24; 11:26; 12:12; 14:3; 14:21; 17:9; 18:18; 19:19; 19:26; 20:8; 20:11; 20:37; 22:6; 27:7; 27:9
Romans
15:23
1 Corinthians
11:30; 15:9
2 Corinthians
2:6; 2:16; 3:5
2 Timothy
2:2

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2425 matches the Greek ἱκανός (hikanos),
which occurs 39 times in 39 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:8 - καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς ὁ ἑκατόνταρχος ἔφη κύριε οὐκ εἰμὶ ἱκανὸς G2425 ἵνα μου ὑπὸ τὴν στέγην εἰσέλθῃς ἀλλὰ μόνον εἰπὲ λόγῳ καὶ ἰαθήσεται ὁ παῖς μου

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 28:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:12 - καὶ συναχθέντες μετὰ τῶν πρεσβυτέρων συμβούλιόν τε λαβόντες ἀργύρια ἱκανὰ G2425 ἔδωκαν τοῖς στρατιώταις

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:7 - καὶ ἐκήρυσσεν λέγων ἔρχεται ὁ ἰσχυρότερός μου ὀπίσω μου οὗ οὐκ εἰμὶ ἱκανὸς G2425 κύψας λῦσαι τὸν ἱμάντα τῶν ὑποδημάτων αὐτοῦ

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 10:46

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:46 - καὶ ἔρχονται εἰς Ἰεριχώ καὶ ἐκπορευομένου αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ Ἰεριχὼ καὶ τῶν μαθητῶν αὐτοῦ καὶ ὄχλου ἱκανοῦ G2425 ὁ υἱὸς Τιμαίου Βαρτιμαῖος τυφλὸς προσαίτης ἐκάθητο παρὰ τὴν ὁδόν

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 15:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:15 - ὁ δὲ Πιλᾶτος βουλόμενος τῷ ὄχλῳ τὸ ἱκανὸν G2425 ποιῆσαι ἀπέλυσεν αὐτοῖς τὸν Βαραββᾶν καὶ παρέδωκεν τὸν Ἰησοῦν φραγελλώσας ἵνα σταυρωθῇ

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:16 - ἀπεκρίνατο λέγων πᾶσιν ὁ Ἰωάννης ἐγὼ μὲν ὕδατι βαπτίζω ὑμᾶς ἔρχεται δὲ ὁ ἰσχυρότερός μου οὗ οὐκ εἰμὶ ἱκανὸς G2425 λῦσαι τὸν ἱμάντα τῶν ὑποδημάτων αὐτοῦ αὐτὸς ὑμᾶς βαπτίσει ἐν πνεύματι ἁγίῳ καὶ πυρί

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:6 - ὁ δὲ Ἰησοῦς ἐπορεύετο σὺν αὐτοῖς ἤδη δὲ αὐτοῦ οὐ μακρὰν ἀπέχοντος ἀπὸ τῆς οἰκίας ἔπεμψεν φίλους ὁ ἑκατοντάρχης λέγων αὐτῷ κύριε μὴ σκύλλου οὐ γὰρ ἱκανός G2425 εἰμι ἵνα ὑπὸ τὴν στέγην μου εἰσέλθῃς

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:12 - ὡς δὲ ἤγγισεν τῇ πύλῃ τῆς πόλεως καὶ ἰδοὺ ἐξεκομίζετο τεθνηκὼς μονογενὴς υἱὸς τῇ μητρὶ αὐτοῦ καὶ αὐτὴ ἦν χήρα καὶ ὄχλος τῆς πόλεως ἱκανὸς G2425 ἦν σὺν αὐτῇ

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:27 - ἐξελθόντι δὲ αὐτῷ ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν ὑπήντησεν ἀνήρ τις ἐκ τῆς πόλεως ἔχων δαιμόνια καὶ χρόνῳ ἱκανῷ G2425 οὐκ ἐνεδύσατο ἱμάτιον καὶ ἐν οἰκίᾳ οὐκ ἔμενεν ἀλλ᾽ ἐν τοῖς μνήμασιν

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:32

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:32 - ἦν δὲ ἐκεῖ ἀγέλη χοίρων ἱκανῶν G2425 βοσκομένη ἐν τῷ ὄρει καὶ παρεκάλεσαν αὐτὸν ἵνα ἐπιτρέψῃ αὐτοῖς εἰς ἐκείνους εἰσελθεῖν καὶ ἐπέτρεψεν αὐτοῖς

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 20:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:9 - ἤρξατο δὲ πρὸς τὸν λαὸν λέγειν τὴν παραβολὴν ταύτην ἄνθρωπός τις ἐφύτευσεν ἀμπελῶνα καὶ ἐξέδετο αὐτὸν γεωργοῖς καὶ ἀπεδήμησεν χρόνους ἱκανούς G2425

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:38

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:38 - οἱ δὲ εἶπαν κύριε ἰδοὺ μάχαιραι ὧδε δύο ὁ δὲ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς ἱκανόν G2425 ἐστιν

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 23:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:8 - ὁ δὲ Ἡρῴδης ἰδὼν τὸν Ἰησοῦν ἐχάρη λίαν ἦν γὰρ ἐξ ἱκανῶν G2425 χρόνων θέλων ἰδεῖν αὐτὸν διὰ τὸ ἀκούειν περὶ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἤλπιζέν τι σημεῖον ἰδεῖν ὑπ᾽ αὐτοῦ γινόμενον

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 23:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:9 - ἐπηρώτα δὲ αὐτὸν ἐν λόγοις ἱκανοῖς G2425 αὐτὸς δὲ οὐδὲν ἀπεκρίνατο αὐτῷ

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 8:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:11 - προσεῖχον δὲ αὐτῷ διὰ τὸ ἱκανῷ G2425 χρόνῳ ταῖς μαγείαις ἐξεστακέναι αὐτούς

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:23

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:23 - ὡς δὲ ἐπληροῦντο ἡμέραι ἱκαναί G2425 συνεβουλεύσαντο οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι ἀνελεῖν αὐτόν

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:43

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:43 - ἐγένετο δὲ ἡμέρας ἱκανὰς G2425 μεῖναι ἐν Ἰόππῃ παρά τινι Σίμωνι βυρσεῖ

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 11:24

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:24 - ὅτι ἦν ἀνὴρ ἀγαθὸς καὶ πλήρης πνεύματος ἁγίου καὶ πίστεως καὶ προσετέθη ὄχλος ἱκανὸς G2425 τῷ κυρίῳ

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 11:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:26 - καὶ εὑρὼν ἤγαγεν εἰς Ἀντιόχειαν ἐγένετο δὲ αὐτοῖς καὶ ἐνιαυτὸν ὅλον συναχθῆναι ἐν τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ καὶ διδάξαι ὄχλον ἱκανόν G2425 χρηματίσαι τε πρώτως ἐν Ἀντιοχείᾳ τοὺς μαθητὰς Χριστιανούς

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 12:12

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:12 - συνιδών τε ἦλθεν ἐπὶ τὴν οἰκίαν τῆς Μαρίας τῆς μητρὸς Ἰωάννου τοῦ ἐπικαλουμένου Μάρκου οὗ ἦσαν ἱκανοὶ G2425 συνηθροισμένοι καὶ προσευχόμενοι

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 14:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:3 - ἱκανὸν G2425 μὲν οὖν χρόνον διέτριψαν παρρησιαζόμενοι ἐπὶ τῷ κυρίῳ τῷ μαρτυροῦντι ἐπὶ τῷ λόγῳ τῆς χάριτος αὐτοῦ διδόντι σημεῖα καὶ τέρατα γίνεσθαι διὰ τῶν χειρῶν αὐτῶν

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 14:21

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:21 - εὐαγγελισάμενοί τε τὴν πόλιν ἐκείνην καὶ μαθητεύσαντες ἱκανοὺς G2425 ὑπέστρεψαν εἰς τὴν Λύστραν καὶ εἰς Ἰκόνιον καὶ εἰς Ἀντιόχειαν

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 17:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:9 - καὶ λαβόντες τὸ ἱκανὸν G2425 παρὰ τοῦ Ἰάσονος καὶ τῶν λοιπῶν ἀπέλυσαν αὐτούς

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 18:18

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:18 - ὁ δὲ Παῦλος ἔτι προσμείνας ἡμέρας ἱκανὰς G2425 τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς ἀποταξάμενος ἐξέπλει εἰς τὴν Συρίαν καὶ σὺν αὐτῷ Πρίσκιλλα καὶ Ἀκύλας κειράμενος ἐν Κεγχρεαῖς τὴν κεφαλήν εἶχεν γὰρ εὐχήν

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 19:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:19 - ἱκανοὶ G2425 δὲ τῶν τὰ περίεργα πραξάντων συνενέγκαντες τὰς βίβλους κατέκαιον ἐνώπιον πάντων καὶ συνεψήφισαν τὰς τιμὰς αὐτῶν καὶ εὗρον ἀργυρίου μυριάδας πέντε

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 19:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:26 - καὶ θεωρεῖτε καὶ ἀκούετε ὅτι οὐ μόνον Ἐφέσου ἀλλὰ σχεδὸν πάσης τῆς Ἀσίας ὁ Παῦλος οὗτος πείσας μετέστησεν ἱκανὸν G2425 ὄχλον λέγων ὅτι οὐκ εἰσὶν θεοὶ οἱ διὰ χειρῶν γινόμενοι

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 20:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:8 - ἦσαν δὲ λαμπάδες ἱκαναὶ G2425 ἐν τῷ ὑπερῴῳ οὗ ἦμεν συνηγμένοι

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 20:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:11 - ἀναβὰς δὲ καὶ κλάσας τὸν ἄρτον καὶ γευσάμενος ἐφ᾽ ἱκανόν G2425 τε ὁμιλήσας ἄχρι αὐγῆς οὕτως ἐξῆλθεν

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 20:37

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:37 - ἱκανὸς G2425 δὲ κλαυθμὸς ἐγένετο πάντων καὶ ἐπιπεσόντες ἐπὶ τὸν τράχηλον τοῦ Παύλου κατεφίλουν αὐτόν

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 22:6

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 27:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:7 - ἐν ἱκαναῖς G2425 δὲ ἡμέραις βραδυπλοοῦντες καὶ μόλις γενόμενοι κατὰ τὴν Κνίδον μὴ προσεῶντος ἡμᾶς τοῦ ἀνέμου ὑπεπλεύσαμεν τὴν Κρήτην κατὰ Σαλμώνην

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 27:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:9 - ἱκανοῦ G2425 δὲ χρόνου διαγενομένου καὶ ὄντος ἤδη ἐπισφαλοῦς τοῦ πλοὸς διὰ τὸ καὶ τὴν νηστείαν ἤδη παρεληλυθέναι παρῄνει ὁ Παῦλος

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 11:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 11:30 - διὰ τοῦτο ἐν ὑμῖν πολλοὶ ἀσθενεῖς καὶ ἄρρωστοι καὶ κοιμῶνται ἱκανοί G2425

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:9 - ἐγὼ γάρ εἰμι ὁ ἐλάχιστος τῶν ἀποστόλων ὃς οὐκ εἰμὶ ἱκανὸς G2425 καλεῖσθαι ἀπόστολος διότι ἐδίωξα τὴν ἐκκλησίαν τοῦ θεοῦ

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 2:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 2:6 - ἱκανὸν G2425 τῷ τοιούτῳ ἡ ἐπιτιμία αὕτη ἡ ὑπὸ τῶν πλειόνων

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 2:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 2:16 - οἷς μὲν ὀσμὴ ἐκ θανάτου εἰς θάνατον οἷς δὲ ὀσμὴ ἐκ ζωῆς εἰς ζωήν καὶ πρὸς ταῦτα τίς ἱκανός G2425

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 3:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 3:5 - οὐχ ὅτι ἀφ᾽ ἑαυτῶν ἱκανοί G2425 ἐσμεν λογίσασθαί τι ὡς ἐξ ἑαυτῶν ἀλλ᾽ ἡ ἱκανότης ἡμῶν ἐκ τοῦ θεοῦ

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 2:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 2:2 - καὶ ἃ ἤκουσας παρ᾽ ἐμοῦ διὰ πολλῶν μαρτύρων ταῦτα παράθου πιστοῖς ἀνθρώποις οἵτινες ἱκανοὶ G2425 ἔσονται καὶ ἑτέρους διδάξαι
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