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Proverbs 16

Pr. 16:19 KJV (With Strong’s)

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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
it is to be of an humble
shaphal (Hebrew #8217)
depressed, literally or figuratively
KJV usage: base(-st), humble, low(-er, -ly).
Pronounce: shaw-fawl'
Origin: from 8213
spirit
ruwach (Hebrew #7307)
wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions)
KJV usage: air, anger, blast, breath, X cool, courage, mind, X quarter, X side, spirit((-ual)), tempest, X vain, ((whirl-))wind(-y).
Pronounce: roo'-akh
Origin: from 7306
with the lowly
`aniy (Hebrew #6041)
depressed, in mind or circumstances (practically the same as 6035, although the margin constantly disputes this, making 6035 subjective and 6041 objective)
KJV usage: afflicted, humble, lowly, needy, poor.
Pronounce: aw-nee'
Origin: from 6031
`anav (Hebrew #6035)
from 6031; depressed (figuratively), in mind (gentle) or circumstances (needy, especially saintly)
KJV usage: humble, lowly, meek, poor. Compare 6041.
Pronounce: aw-nawv'
Origin: or (by intermixture with 6041) Aanayv {aw-nawv'}
, than to divide
chalaq (Hebrew #2505)
to be smooth (figuratively); by implication (as smooth stones were used for lots) to apportion or separate
KJV usage: deal, distribute, divide, flatter, give, (have, im-)part(-ner), take away a portion, receive, separate self, (be) smooth(-er).
Pronounce: khaw-lak'
Origin: a primitive root
the spoil
shalal (Hebrew #7998)
booty
KJV usage: prey, spoil.
Pronounce: shaw-lawl'
Origin: from 7997
with the proud
ge'eh (Hebrew #1343)
lofty; figuratively, arrogant
KJV usage: proud.
Pronounce: gay-eh'
Origin: from 1342
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 Far better is it to be little in one’s own eyes, and to find happy fellowship with the lowly, than to share the pursuits and treasures of the proud in spirit. (Proverbs Sixteen by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Better is it to be of a humble spirit with the meeka, than to divide the spoil with the proud.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "afflicted," as ch. 14.21.