Dictionary entry

Makebates

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

mik'-bats: This is the plural of the word makebate, which means "one who stirs up strife." It occurs only in the King James Version margin of2Ti 3:3andTit 2:3as an alternative translation of diaboloi, which the King James Version renders "false accusers," and the Revised Version (British and American) "slanderers."