SIBBECAI.See Mebunnai.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
SIBBECHAI the HUSHATHITE . Of David's guard (2Sa_21:18; 1Ch_27:11), eighth captain for the eighth month, of 24,000 (1Ch_11:29). Of the Zarhite family of Judah. Fought singly with Saph or Sippal, the Philistine giant in the battle at Gezer or Gob (1Ch_20:4). MEBUNNAI is a transcriber's mistake for Sibbecai, in 2Sa_23:27.
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Sib'beca-i. Sibbecai, the Hushathite. See Hushathite; Sibbechai
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
(1Ch_11:29; 1Ch_27:11) or Sib'bechai (2Sa_21:18; 1Ch_20:4) [some Sibbeca'i and Sibbecha'i] (Heb. Sibbekay', סַבְּכִי, according to Gesenius and Furst for סֶבֶךְ יָהּ, thicket [i.e. people] of Jehovah, or Jehovah is a thicket [i.e. defense]; but rather a weaver, for it is doubtful if the final יin such cases ever stands for the sacred name; Sept. Σοβοχαί v.r. Σεβοχά, etc.; Josephus Σοβακχίς), the eighth named of the subordinate thirty in David's guard, and eighth captain for the eighth month of 24,000 men of the king's army (1Ch_11:29; 1Ch_27:11). B.C. 1043. He belonged to one of the principal families of Judah, the Zarhites, or descendants of Zerah, and is called the Hushathite, probably from an ancestor by the name of Hushah (q.v.). Josephus (Ant. 7, 12, 2) calls him the Hittite, but this is no doubt an error. Sibbecai's great exploit, which gave him a place among the mighty mean of David's army, was his single combat with Saph, or Sippai, the Philistine giant, in the battle at Gezer, or Gob (2Sa_21:18; 1Ch_20:4). In 2Sa_23:27 his name is written MEBUNNAI by a mistake of the copyist. Josephus says that he slew many who boasted that they were of the descent of the giants, apparently reading רביfor ספיin 1Ch_20:4.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.