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
מַחֲוִים (ma.cha.vim) — Mahavite. 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
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m
Names of Groups
Mahavites = inhabitants of Mahavah, an unknown location, possibly to be identified with Mahanaim
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
מַחֲוִים appar. adj.gent., only 1 Ch 11:46 ref