Strong's Hebrew · H2982

יְבוּס

Yᵉbûwç · yeb-oos'

Jebus.

Definition

Jebus, the original name of Jerusalem

Derivation

from H947 (בּוּס); trodden, i.e. threshing-place;

Appears 4 times in Scripture

1 Chronicles 11:4

Then David and all the Israelites marched to Jerusalem (that is, Jebus), where the Jebusites inhabited the land.

Judges 19:11

When they were near Jebus and the day was almost gone, the servant said to his master, “Please, let us stop at this Jebusite city and spend the night here.”

Judges 19:10

But the man was unwilling to spend the night. He got up and departed, and arrived opposite Jebus (that is, Jerusalem), with his two saddled donkeys and his concubine.

1 Chronicles 11:5

The people of Jebus said to David, “You will never get in here.” Nevertheless, David captured the fortress of Zion (that is, the City of David).

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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