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Lexicon :: Strong's G3850 - parabolē

Aa
παραβολή
Transliteration
parabolē (Key)
Pronunciation
par-ab-ol-ay'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 5:744,773

Strong’s Definitions

παραβολή parabolḗ, par-ab-ol-ay'; from G3846; a similitude ("parable"), i.e. (symbolic) fictitious narrative (of common life conveying a moral), apothegm or adage:—comparison, figure, parable, proverb.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 50x

The KJV translates Strong's G3850 in the following manner: parable (46x), figure (2x), comparison (1x), proverb (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 50x
The KJV translates Strong's G3850 in the following manner: parable (46x), figure (2x), comparison (1x), proverb (1x).

  1. a placing of one thing by the side of another, juxtaposition, as of ships in battle

  2. metaph.

    1. a comparing, comparison of one thing with another, likeness, similitude

    2. an example by which a doctrine or precept is illustrated

    3. a narrative, fictitious but agreeable to the laws and usages of human life, by which either the duties of men or the things of God, particularly the nature and history of God's kingdom are figuratively portrayed

    4. a parable: an earthly story with a heavenly meaning

  3. a pithy and instructive saying, involving some likeness or comparison and having preceptive or admonitory force

    1. an aphorism, a maxim

  4. a proverb

  5. an act by which one exposes himself or his possessions to danger, a venture, a risk

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
παραβολή parabolḗ, par-ab-ol-ay'; from G3846; a similitude ("parable"), i.e. (symbolic) fictitious narrative (of common life conveying a moral), apothegm or adage:—comparison, figure, parable, proverb.
STRONGS G3850:
παραβολή, παραβολῆς, ἡ (παραβάλλω, which see), the Sept. for מָשָׁל;
1. a placing of one thing by the side of another, juxtaposition, as of ships in battle, Polybius 15, 2, 13; Diodorus 14, 60.
2. metaphorically, a comparing, comparison of one thing with another, likeness, similitude (Plato, Isocrates, Polybius, Plutarch): universally, Matthew 24:32; Mark 13:28; an example by which a doctrine or precept is illustrated, Mark 3:23; Luke 14:7; a thing serving as a figure of something else, Hebrews 9:9; this meaning also very many interpreters give the word in Hebrews 11:19, but see 5 below; specifically, "a narrative, fictitious but agreeable to the laws and usages of human life, by which either the duties of men or the things of God, particularly the nature and history of God's kingdom, are figuratively portrayed" (cf. B. D., see under the words, Fable, Parable (and references there; add Aristotle, rhet. 2, 20, 2ff and Cope's notes)): Matthew 13:3, 10, 13, 24, 31, 33-35, 53; Matthew 21:33, 45; (Matthew 22:1); Mark 4:2, 10,(Mark 4:11),Mark 4:13,30,33f; (Mark 7:17); Mark 12:1,(Mark 12:12); Luke 8:4, 9-11; Luke 12:16, 41; Luke 13:6; Luke 14:7; Luke 15:3; Luke 18:1, 9; Luke 19:11; Luke 20:9, 19; Luke 21:29; with a genitive of the person or thing to which the contents of the parable refer (Winer's Grammar, § 30, 1 a.): τοῦ σπείροντος, Matthew 13:18; τῶν ζιζανίων, Matthew 13:36; τήν βασιλείαν τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐν παραβολή τιθέναι (literally, to set forth the kingdom of God in a parable), to illustrate (the nature and history of) the kingdom of God by the use of a parable, Mark 4:30 L text T Tr text WH.
3. "a pithy and instructive saying, involving some likeness or comparison and having preceptive or admonitory force; an aphorism, a maxim": Luke 5:36; Luke 6:39; Matthew 15:15 (Proverbs 1:6; Ecclesiastes 1:17; Sir. 3:29(27); Sir 13:26(25), etc.). Since sayings of this kind often pass into proverbs, παραβολή is
4. a proverb: Luke 4:23 (1 Samuel 10:12; Ezekiel 12:22; Ezekiel 18:2f).
5. an act by which one exposes himself or his possessions to danger, a venture, risk (in which sense the plural seems to be used by Plutarch, Aratus 22: διά πολλῶν ἑλιγμων καί παραβολῶν περαινοντες πρός τό τεῖχος (cf. Diodorus Siculus fragment book 30:9, 2; also variant in Thucydides 1, 131, 2 (and Poppo at the passage))); ἐν παραβολή, in risking him, i. e. at the very moment when he exposed his son to mortal peril (see παραβολεύομαι), Hebrews 11:19 (Hesychius ἐκ παραβολῆς. ἐκ παρακινδυνευματος); others with less probability explain it, in a figure, i. e. as a figure, either of the future general resurrection of all men, or of Christ offered up to God and raised again from the dead; others otherwise.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

1 Samuel
10:12
Proverbs
1:6
Ecclesiastes
1:17
Ezekiel
12:22; 18:2
Matthew
13; 13:3; 13:10; 13:13; 13:18; 13:24; 13:31; 13:36; 13:53; 15:15; 21:33; 21:45; 22:1; 24:32
Mark
3:23; 4:2; 4:10; 4:11; 4:13; 4:30; 4:30; 4:33; 7:17; 12:1; 12:12; 13:28
Luke
4:23; 5:36; 6:39; 8; 8:4; 12:16; 12:41; 13:6; 14:7; 14:7; 15:3; 18:1; 18:9; 19:11; 20:9; 20:19; 21:29
Hebrews
9:9; 11:19; 11:19

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3850 matches the Greek παραβολή (parabolē),
which occurs 50 times in 48 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:3 - And He spoke G2980 many G4183 things G4183 to them in parables, G3850 saying, G3004 “Behold, G2400 the sower G4687 went G1831 out to sow; G4687

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:10 - And the disciples G3101 came G4334 and said G3004 to Him, “Why G1223 G5101 do You speak G2980 to them in parables?” G3850

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:13 - “Therefore G1223 G3778 I speak G2980 to them in parables; G3850 because G3754 while seeing G991 they do not see, G991 and while hearing G191 they do not hear, G191 nor G3761 do they understand. G4920

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:18 - “Hear G191 then G3767 the parable G3850 of the sower. G4687

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:24

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:24 - Jesus presented G3908 another G243 parable G3850 to them, saying, G3004 “The kingdom G932 of heaven G3772 [fn]may be compared G3666 to a man G444 who sowed G4687 good G2570 seed G4690 in his field. G68

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:31

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:31 - He presented G3908 another G243 parable G3850 to them, saying, G3004 “The kingdom G932 of heaven G3772 is like G3664 a mustard G4615 seed, G2848 which G3739 a man G444 took G2983 and sowed G4687 in his field; G68

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:33

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:33 - He spoke G2980 another G243 parable G3850 to them, “The kingdom G932 of heaven G3772 is like G3664 leaven, G2219 which G3739 a woman G1135 took G2983 and hid G1470 in three G5140 [fn]pecks G4568 of flour G224 until G2193 it was all G3650 leavened.” G2220

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:34

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:34 - All G3956 these G3778 things G3778 Jesus G2424 spoke G2980 to the crowds G3793 in parables, G3850 and He did not speak G2980 to them without G5565 a parable. G3850

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:35 - This was to fulfill G4137 what G3588 was spoken G3004 through G1223 the prophet: G4396
“I WILL OPEN G455 MY MOUTH G4750 IN PARABLES G3850;
I WILL UTTER G2044 THINGS G2928 HIDDEN G2928 SINCE G575 THE FOUNDATION G2602 OF THE WORLD G2889.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:36

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:36 - Then G5119 He left G863 the crowds G3793 and went G2064 into the house. G3614 And His disciples G3101 came G4334 to Him and said, G3004 “Explain G1285 to us the parable G3850 of the [fn]tares G2215 of the field.” G68

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:53

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:53 - When G3753 Jesus G2424 had finished G5055 these G3778 parables, G3850 He departed G3332 from there. G1564

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:15 - Peter G4074 [fn]said G3004 to Him, “Explain G5419 the parable G3850 to us.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:33

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:33 - “Listen G191 to another G243 parable. G3850 There was a [fn]landowner G3617 who G3748 PLANTED G5452 A VINEYARD G290 AND PUT G4060 A WALL G5418 AROUND G4060 IT AND DUG G3736 A WINE G3025 PRESS G3025 IN IT, AND BUILT G3618 A TOWER G4444, and rented G1554 it out to [fn]vine-growers G1092 and went G589 on a journey. G589

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:45

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:45 - When the chief G749 priests G749 and the Pharisees G5330 heard G191 His parables, G3850 they understood G1097 that He was speaking G3004 about G4012 them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:1 - Jesus G2424 spoke G3004 to them again G3825 in parables, G3850 saying, G3004

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:32

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:32 - “Now G1161 learn G3129 the parable G3850 from the fig G4808 tree: G4808 when G3752 its branch G2798 has already G2235 become G1096 tender G527 and puts G1631 forth G1631 its leaves, G5444 you know G1097 that summer G2330 is near; G1451

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:23

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:23 - And He called G4341 them to Himself and began speaking G3004 to them in parables, G3850 “How G4459 can G1410 Satan G4567 cast G1544 out Satan? G4567

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:2 - And He was teaching G1321 them many G4183 things G4183 in parables, G3850 and was saying G3004 to them in His teaching, G1322

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:10 - As soon G3753 as He was alone, G3441 [fn]His followers, G3588 G4012 along G4862 with the twelve, G1427 began asking G2065 Him about the parables. G3850

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:11 - And He was saying G3004 to them, “To you has been given G1325 the mystery G3466 of the kingdom G932 of God, G2316 but those G1565 who are outside G1854 get G1096 everything G3956 in parables, G3850

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:13 - And He *said G3004 to them, “Do you not understand G6063 this G3778 parable? G3850 How G4459 will you understand G1097 all G3956 the parables? G3850

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:30

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:30 - And He said, G3004 “How G4459 shall we [fn]picture G3666 the kingdom G932 of God, G2316 or G2228 by what G5101 parable G3850 shall we present G5087 it?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:33

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:33 - With many G4183 such G5108 parables G3850 He was speaking G2980 the word G3056 to them, so G2531 far as they were able G1410 to hear G191 it;

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:34

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:34 - and He did not speak G2980 to them without G5565 a parable; G3850 but He was explaining G1956 everything G3956 privately G2596 G2398 to His own G2398 disciples. G3101

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:17 - When G3753 he had left G575 the crowd G3793 and entered G1525 the house, G3624 His disciples G3101 questioned G1905 Him about the parable. G3850

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:1 - And He began G757 to speak G2980 to them in parables: G3850 “A man G444 PLANTED G5452 A VINEYARD G290 AND PUT G4060 A [fn]WALL G5418 AROUND G4060 IT, AND DUG G3736 A VAT G5276 UNDER G5276 THE WINE G5276 PRESS G5276 AND BUILT G3618 A TOWER G4444, and rented G1554 it out to [fn]vine-growers G1092 and went G589 on a journey. G589

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:12 - And they were seeking G2212 to seize G2902 Him, and yet they feared G5399 the [fn]people, G3793 for they understood G1097 that He spoke G3004 the parable G3850 against G4314 them. And so they left G863 Him and went G565 away. G565

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:28

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:28 - “Now G1161 learn G3129 the parable G3850 from the fig G4808 tree: G4808 when G3752 its branch G2798 has already G2235 become G1096 tender G527 and puts G1631 forth G1631 its leaves, G5444 you know G1097 that summer G2330 is near. G1451

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:23 - And He said G3004 to them, “No G3843 doubt G3843 you will quote G3004 this G3778 proverb G3850 to Me, ‘Physician, G2395 heal G2323 yourself! G4572 Whatever G3745 we heard G191 was done G1096 at Capernaum, G2584 do G4160 here G5602 in your hometown G3968 as well.’” G2532

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:36

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:36 - And He was also G2532 telling G3004 them a parable: G3850 “No G3762 one G3762 tears G4977 a piece G1915 of cloth G1915 from a new G2537 garment G2440 and puts G1911 it on an old G3820 garment; G2440 otherwise G1490 he will both G2532 tear G4977 the new, G2537 and the piece G1915 from the new G2537 will not match G4856 the old. G3820

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:39

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:39 - And He also G2532 spoke G3004 a parable G3850 to them: “A blind G5185 man G5185 cannot G1410 G3385 guide G3594 a blind G5185 man, G5185 can he? Will they not both G297 fall G1706 into a pit? G999

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:4 - When a large G4183 crowd G3793 was coming G4896 together, G4896 and those G3588 from the various G2596 cities G4172 were journeying G1975 to Him, He spoke G3004 by way G1223 of a parable: G3850

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:9 - His disciples G3101 began questioning G1905 Him as to what G5101 this G3778 parable G3850 meant. G1510

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:10 - And He said, G3004 “To you it has been granted G1325 to know G1097 the mysteries G3466 of the kingdom G932 of God, G2316 but to the rest G3062 it is in parables, G3850 so G2443 that SEEING G991 THEY MAY NOT SEE G991, AND HEARING G191 THEY MAY NOT UNDERSTAND G4920.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:11 - “Now G1161 the parable G3850 is this: G3778 the seed G4703 is the word G3056 of God. G2316

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:16 - And He told G3004 them a parable, G3850 saying, G3004 “The land G5561 of a rich G4145 man G444 was very G2164 productive. G2164

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:41

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:41 - Peter G4074 said, G3004 “Lord, G2962 are You addressing G3004 this G3778 parable G3850 to us, or G2228 to everyone G3956 else as well?” G2532

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:6 - And He began telling G3004 this G3778 parable: G3850 “A man G5100 had G2192 a fig G4808 tree G4808 which had been planted G5452 in his vineyard; G290 and he came G2064 looking G2212 for fruit G2590 on it and did not find G2147 any.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:7 - And He began speaking G3004 a parable G3850 to the invited G2564 guests G2564 when He noticed G1907 how G4459 they had been picking G1586 out the places G4411 of honor G4411 at the table, saying G3004 to them,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:3 - So G1161 He told G3004 them this G3778 parable, G3850 saying, G3004

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:1

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:1 - Now G1161 He was telling G3004 them a parable G3850 to show that at all G3842 times G3842 they ought G1163 to pray G4336 and not to lose G6023 heart, G6023

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:9 - And He also G2532 told G3004 this G3778 parable G3850 to some G5100 people G5100 who trusted G3982 in themselves G1438 that they were righteous, G1342 and viewed G1848 others G3062 with contempt: G1848

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:11 - While they were listening G191 to these G3778 things, G3778 Jesus went G4369 on to tell G3004 a parable, G3850 because G1223 He was near G1451 Jerusalem, G2419 and they supposed G1380 that the kingdom G932 of God G2316 was going G3195 to appear G398 immediately. G3916

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:9 - And He began G757 to tell G3004 the people G2992 this G3778 parable: G3850 “A man G444 planted G5452 a vineyard G290 and rented G1554 it out to [fn]vine-growers, G1092 and went G589 on a journey G589 for a long G2425 time. G5550

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:19 - The scribes G1122 and the chief G749 priests G749 tried G2212 to lay G1911 hands G5495 on Him that very G846 hour, G5610 and they feared G5399 the people; G2992 for they understood G1097 that He spoke G3004 this G3778 parable G3850 against G4314 them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:29 - Then G2532 He told G3004 them a parable: G3850 “Behold G3708 the fig G4808 tree G4808 and all G3956 the trees; G1186

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 9:9 - which G3748 is a symbol G3850 for the present G1764 time. G2540 Accordingly G2596 both G5037 gifts G1435 and sacrifices G2378 are offered G4374 which cannot G1410 G3361 make G5048 the worshiper G3000 perfect G5048 in conscience, G4893

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:19

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:19 - [fn]He considered G3049 that God G2316 is able G1415 to raise G1453 people even G2532 from the dead, G3498 from which G3606 he also G2532 received G2865 him back G2865 [fn]as a type. G3850
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