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 of 2Ti 3:3 and Tit 2:3 as an alternative translation of diaboloi, which the King James Version renders "false accusers," and the Revised Version (British and American) "slanderers."
The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Makebates
The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, James Orr (1915). Public domain, from the CrossWire SWORD module.