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by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.
Bible Verse Dictionary
Proverbs 27:5 - Open
Proverbs 27:5 - Open rebuke is better than secret love.
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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Open | H1540 | גָּלָה |
[Verb] to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively to reveal |
rebuke | H8433 | תּוֹכֵחָה |
[Noun Feminine] chastisement; figuratively (by words) {correction} refutation: proof (even in defence) |
is better | H2896 | טוֹב |
[Adjective] 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) |
than secret | H5641 | סָתַר |
[Verb] to hide (by {covering}) literally or figuratively |
love | H4480 | מִן |
[Preposition] properly a part of; hence ({prepositionally}) from or out of in many senses |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.