Strong's Definition
apparently a patrial, but from an unknown place (in the plural only for a singular); a Machavite or inhabitant of some place named Machaveh
KJV Usage: Mahavite
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
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
מַחֲוִים appar. adj.gent., only 1 Ch 11:46 ref