Mebunnai
מְבֻנַּיStrong’s H5444mevunnay (me-vun-nay)
Appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Mevunnay is the Hebrew word usually translated “sibbecai”. It appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
“And it came to pass after this, that there was again a battle with the Philistines at Gob: then Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Saph, which was of the sons of the giant.”
Meaning
- One of David's mighty warriorsalso 'Sibbechai' or 'Sibbecai'
How it's translated
- sibbecai 4
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Chronicles 3
- 2 Samuel 1
2 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Chronicles 11:29Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite,
- 1 Chronicles 20:4And it came to pass after this, that there arose war at Gezer with the Philistines; at which time Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Sippai, that was of the children of the giant: and they were subdued.
- 1 Chronicles 27:11The eighth captain for the eighth month was Sibbecai the Hushathite, of the Zarhites: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
Hebrew dictionary
מְבֻנַּי mevunnay · Mebunnai
A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.21.18; also called Mebunnai (NIV: Sibbekai) at 2Sa.23.27; Another name of sib.b.khay (סִבְּכַי "Sibbecai" H5444) § Mebunnai = "building of Jehovah" 1) one of David's mighty warriors 1a) also 'Sibbechai' or 'Sibbecai'
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.