Quick Definition
Mahavite
Biblical Persons & Places
Mahavites
Warriors from or of Mahav(?)
A group of warriors from Mahav(?), only mentioned at 1Ch.11.46;
only referred to as Mahavites (מַחֲוִים).
Strong's Definition
a Machavite or inhabitant of some place named Machaveh
Derivation: apparently a patrial, but from an unknown place (in the plural only for a singular);
KJV Usage: Mahavite.
Outline of Biblical Usage
Mahavite = "propagators"
1) apparently, an inhabitant of a place called 'Macheweh'
1a) the designation of Eliel, one of David's mighty warriors
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
People descended from Mahav(?), only mentioned at 1Ch.11.46
§ Mahavite = "propagators"
1) apparently, an inhabitant of a place called 'Macheweh'
1a) the designation of Eliel, one of David's mighty warriors
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
מַחֲוִים
machăvý̂ym
BDB Definition:
Mahavite = propagators
1) apparently, an inhabitant of a place called Macheweh
1a) the designation of Eliel, one of Davids mighty warriors
Part of Speech: adjective
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: apparently a patrial, but from an unknown place (in the plural only for a singular)
Total KJV Occurrences: 1