מַחֲוִים

Strong’s Definition

a Machavite or inhabitant of some place named Machaveh

Etymology & Derivation

apparently a patrial, but from an unknown place (in the plural only for a singular);

KJV Usage

Mahavite.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.apparently, an inhabitant of a place called 'macheweh'
• 2.the designation of eliel, one of david's mighty warriors

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: Machăvîym; Pronunciation: makh-av-eem'