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Proverbs 27

Pr. 27:5 KJV (With Strong’s)

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galah (Hebrew #1540)
to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication, to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively, to reveal
KJV usage: + advertise, appear, bewray, bring, (carry, lead, go) captive (into captivity), depart, disclose, discover, exile, be gone, open, X plainly, publish, remove, reveal, X shamelessly, shew, X surely, tell, uncover.
Pronounce: gaw-law'
Origin: a primitive root
c rebuke
towkechah (Hebrew #8433)
from 3198; chastisement; figuratively (by words) correction, refutation, proof (even in defence)
KJV usage: argument, X chastened, correction, reasoning, rebuke, reproof, X be (often) reproved.
Pronounce: to-kay-khaw'
Origin: and towkachath {to-kakh'-ath}
is better
towb (Hebrew #2896)
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well)
KJV usage: beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, X fair (word), (be in) favour, fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -liest, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, liketh (best), loving, merry, X most, pleasant, + pleaseth, pleasure, precious, prosperity, ready, sweet, wealth, welfare, (be) well ((-favoured)).
Pronounce: tobe
Origin: from 2895
than secret
cathar (Hebrew #5641)
to hide (by covering), literally or figuratively
KJV usage: be absent, keep close, conceal, hide (self), (keep) secret, X surely.
Pronounce: saw-thar'
Origin: a primitive root
love
'ahabah (Hebrew #160)
feminine of 158 and meaning the same
KJV usage: love.
Pronounce: a-hab-aw
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J. N. Darby Translation

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Open rebuke is better than hidden love.