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Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #4233 - מַחֲוִים

Transliteration

Machăvîym

Phonetics

makh-av-eem'

Root Word (Etymology)

apparently a patrial, but from an unknown place (in the pl. only for a sing.)

Parts of Speech

adjective

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

Mahavite = “propagators”

1) apparently, an inhabitant of a place called ‘Macheweh’

1a) the designation of Eliel, one of David’s mighty warriors

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

KJV (1)

1 Chronicles 1

NAS (1)

1 Chronicles 1

HCS (1)

1 Chronicles 1

BSB (1)

1 Chronicles 1

ESV (1)

1 Chronicles 1

WEB (1)

1 Chronicles 1

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

מַחֲוִים apparently adjective, of a people, only ׳אֱלִיאֵל הַמּ 1 Chronicles 11:46, but read probably הַמַּחֲנִי (Be), see מַחֲנַיִם proper name, of a location sub; חנה; Öttli suggests also הַמְּעוֺנִי; ᵐ5 ὁ Μιει, A ὁ Μαωειν, ᵐ5^L ὁ Μαωθε.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

מַחֲוִים 1 Chronicles 11:46 (where one would have expected the singular מַחֲוִי), [Mahavite], Gentile noun, whence is not known.

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List of Word Forms

הַֽמַּחֲוִ֔ים המחוים ham·ma·ḥă·wîm hammachaVim hammaḥăwîm