JEBUS; JEBUSI; JEBUSITE

je'-bus, jeb'-u-si, jeb'-u-zit (yebhuc, ha-yebhuci): "Jebus" is an old name for Jerusalem (Judges 19:10, 11 1 Chronicles 4:5 parallel 2 Samuel 5:6-9, "the same is Jerus"; see preceding article). "Jebusi" (literally, "Jebusite") is also used as a name for the city in the King James Version (Joshua 18:16, 28; compare Joshua 15:8); the Revised Version (British and American) correctly renders "Jebusite" (see JERUSALEM). "Jebusites," for the people (in the King James Version Genesis 15:21 Exodus 3:8, 17, etc.), does not occur in Hebrew in the plural; hence, in the Revised Version (British and American) is always rendered in the singular, "Jebusite." The "Jebusite" is said in Genesis 10:16 1 Chronicles 1:14 to be the 3rd son of Canaan, i.e. of the country of Canaan. Elsewhere he represents a tribe separate from the Canaanites. He stands between Heth and the Amorite (compare Numbers 13:29 Joshua 11:3 Ezekiel 16:3, 15). In the lists of the peoples inhabiting Palestine the "Jebusite" is always placed last, a fact indicative, probably, of their smaller number.

To what race the Jebusites belonged is doubtful. Their name does not seem Semitic, and they do not make their appearance till after the patriarchal period.

The original name of Jerusalem was Babylonian, Uru-Salim, "the city of Salim," shortened into Salem in Genesis 14:18 and in the inscriptions of the Egyptian kings Ramses II and Ramses III. In the Tell el-Amarna Letters (1400 B.C.) Jerusalem is still known as Uru-Salim, and its king bears a Hittite name, implying that it was at the time in the possession of the Hittites. His enemies, however, were closing around him, and one of the tablets shows that the city was eventually captured and its king slain. These enemies would seem to have been the Jebusites, since it is after this period that the name "Jebus" makes its appearance for the first time in the Old Testament (Judges 19:10, 11).

The Jebusite king at the time of the conquest was Adoni-zedek, who met his death at Beth-boron (Joshua 10:1; in Joshua 10:5 the word "Amorite" is used in its Babylonian sense to denote the inhabitants of Canaan generally). The Jebusites were a mountain tribe (Numbers 13:29 Joshua 11:3). Their capital "Jebus" was taken by the men of Judah and burned with fire (Judges 18), but they regained possession of, and held, the fortress till the time of David (2 Samuel 5:6).

When Jerusalem was taken by David, the lives and property of its Jebusite inhabitants were spared, and they continued to inhabit the temple-hill, David and his followers settling in the new City of David on Mt. Zion (Joshua 15:8, 63 Judges 1:21; Judges 19:11). And as Araunah is called "king" (2 Samuel 24:23), we may conclude that their last ruler also had been lowed to live. His name is non-Sem, and the various spellings of it (compare 1 Chronicles 21:15, "Ornan") indicate that the Hebrew writers had some difficulty in pronouncing it. The Jebusites seem ultimately to have blended with the Israelite population.

James Orr

Jebusi

trodden under foot; mangers

Jebusi

(from Jebus), the name employed for the city of JEBUS. (Joshua 15:8; 18:16,28)

Jebusi (2 Occurrences)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia JEBUS; JEBUSI; JEBUSITE. je'-bus ... population. James
Orr. Multi-Version Concordance Jebusi (2 Occurrences). Joshua ...
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Jebus (5 Occurrences)
... the first centuries of Israel's occupation of Canaan. EWG Masterman. JEBUS;
JEBUSI; JEBUSITE. je'-bus, jeb'-u-si, jeb'-u-zit (yebhuc ...
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Jebusite (39 Occurrences)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia JEBUS; JEBUSI; JEBUSITE. je'-bus,
jeb'-u-si, jeb'-u-zit (yebhuc, ha-yebhuci): "Jebus" is an old ...
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Kirjath (1 Occurrence)
... Kirjath (1 Occurrence). Joshua 18:28 And Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi, which is Jerusalem,
Gibeath, and Kirjath; fourteen cities with their villages. ...
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Gibeah (52 Occurrences)
... (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV). Joshua 18:28 and Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi,
that is, Jerusalem, Gibeah, Kirjath: fourteen cities and their hamlets. ...
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Giants (18 Occurrences)
... the valley of the son of Hinnom, and which is in the valley of the giants on the
north, and descended to the valley of Hinnom, to the side of Jebusi on the ...
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Extremity (46 Occurrences)
... valley of the son of Hinnom, which 'is' in the valley of the Rephaim northward,
and hath gone down the valley of Hinnom unto the side of Jebusi southward, and ...
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Enrogel (4 Occurrences)
... the valley of the son of Hinnom, and which is in the valley of the giants on the
north, and descended to the valley of Hinnom, to the side of Jebusi on the ...
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Descended (64 Occurrences)
... the valley of the son of Hinnom, and which is in the valley of the giants on the
north, and descended to the valley of Hinnom, to the side of Jebusi on the ...
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Lieth (135 Occurrences)
... the valley of the son of Hinnom, and which is in the valley of the giants on the
north, and descended to the valley of Hinnom, to the side of Jebusi on the ...
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Jebusi (2 Occurrences)

Joshua 18:16 The border went down to the farthest part of the mountain that lies before the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is in the valley of Rephaim northward. It went down to the valley of Hinnom, to the side of the Jebusite southward, and went down to En Rogel.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Joshua 18:28 Zelah, Eleph, the Jebusite (the same is Jerusalem), Gibeath, and Kiriath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Jebusi

Jebus (5 Occurrences)

Jebusite (39 Occurrences)

Kirjath (1 Occurrence)

Gibeah (52 Occurrences)

Giants (18 Occurrences)

Extremity (46 Occurrences)

Enrogel (4 Occurrences)

Descended (64 Occurrences)

Lieth (135 Occurrences)

Hamlets (38 Occurrences)

Hill (217 Occurrences)

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