Mebunnai

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Mebun'na-i. (Building Of Jehovah). In this form appears, in one passage only -  2 Samuel 23:27 - the name of one of David's guard, who is elsewhere called Sibbechai ,  2 Samuel 21:18;  1 Chronicles 20:4, or Sibbecai ,  1 Chronicles 11:29;  1 Chronicles 27:11, in the Authorized Version.

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

Mebunnai The name in   2 Samuel 23:27 of one of David’s thirty heroes. It is a scribal error for Sibbecai , the form which has been preserved in the parallel lists,   1 Chronicles 11:29;   1 Chronicles 27:11 , and also   2 Samuel 21:18 =   1 Chronicles 20:4 .

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

 2 Samuel 23:27. Elsewhere Sibbechai ( 2 Samuel 21:18), Sibbecai ( 1 Chronicles 20:4;  1 Chronicles 11:29;  1 Chronicles 27:11). An error of transcribers.

Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary

The Heeshathite, one of David's worthies. (See  2 Samuel 23:27) His name signifies a son, from Ben or Banah, to build.

Holman Bible Dictionary

 2 Samuel 23:27 1 Chronicles 11:29 1 Chronicles 27:11

Easton's Bible Dictionary

 2 Samuel 23:27 1 Chronicles 11:29 27:11

Morrish Bible Dictionary

A Hushathite, one of David's mighty men.  2 Samuel 23:27 .

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

mḗ - bun´ı̄ , mḗ - bun´ā́ - ı̄ ( מבנּי , mebhunnay , "well-built"): One of David's "braves" (  2 Samuel 23:27 ). In  2 Samuel 21:18 he is named "Sibbechai" (the Revised Version (British and American) "Sibbecai"), and is there mentioned as the slayer of a Philistine giant. The Revised Version (British and American) spelling occurs in   1 Chronicles 11:29 , the King James Version "Sibbechai" in  1 Chronicles 20:4 (compare   2 Samuel 21:18 ); and in  1 Chronicles 27:11 the Revised Version (British and American) spelling recurs, where this person is mentioned as captain of the 8th course of the 12 monthly courses that served the king in rota . Scribal error, and the similarity in Hebrew spelling of the two forms accounts for the difference in spelling. the Revised Version (British and American) consistently tries to keep this right.

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Hebrews Mebunnay', מְבֻנִּי , Constructive , if genuine; Sept. Ἐκ Τῶν Υἱῶν [apparently pointing מַבְּנִי ], but v. r; Σαβουχαϊ v; Vulg. Mebounai ), a person named as one of David's body-guard ( 2 Samuel 23:27), but elsewhere more correctly SIBBECHAI ( 2 Samuel 21:18;  1 Chronicles 20:4) or SIBBECAI ( 1 Chronicles 11:29;  1 Chronicles 27:11). See David