Bible Dictionary

Machbenah

(bond). Sheva, the father of Machbena, is named in the genealogical list of Judah as the offspring of Manchah, the concubine of Caleb ben-Hezron. (1 Chronicles 2:49)

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)

(bond). Sheva, the father of Machbena, is named in the genealogical list of Judah as the offspring of Manchah, the concubine of Caleb ben-Hezron.

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898) & Schaff's Bible Dictionary

MACH'BENAH (hillock, or cloak), a name occurring in the genealogical list of Judah, 1 Chr 2:49, and probably signifying a town founded or colonized by Sheva and his family.

Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869)

Machbanai, poverty; the smiting of his son