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Machnadebai

מַכְנַדְבַי/mak-NAD-eh-bay/

“Perhaps 'what is like the liberal?' or 'he brought low my willing ones'”

Summary

Machnadebai was an Israelite of the family of Bani who divorced his foreign wife after the return from Babylonian exile.

☩Post-Exilic Reform

Machnadebai is listed among those who had married foreign women and who responded to Ezra's call to separate from them. He was among the 'sons of Bani,' appearing near the end of the extensive list of those who put away their foreign wives.

Key verses:Ezra 10:40

Related Verses1 mention

Ezra· 1 verse

10:40

References

  1. 1.John McClintock and James Strong, "Machnadebai," in Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature, vol. V (Harper & Brothers, 1867–1887).
  2. 2.James Orr (ed.), "Machnadebai," in International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, vol. III (Howard-Severance Company, 1915).