Bible Names

Jebus: meaning of the name

Jebus means “treading under foot; manger.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

Jebus in Hebrew and Greek

יְבוּס H2982

Yᵉbûwç (yeb-oos') — Jebus, the original name of Jerusalem

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

Places named Jebus

Jebus in Scripture

“Jebus” appears in 4 verses of the King James Version.

  • Judges 19:10

    But the man would not tarry that night, but he rose up and departed, and came over against Jebus, which is Jerusalem; and there were with him two asses saddled, his concubine also was with him.

  • Judges 19:11

    And when they were by Jebus, the day was far spent; and the servant said unto his master, Come, I pray thee, and let us turn in into this city of the Jebusites, and lodge in it.

  • 1 Chronicles 11:4

    And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which is Jebus; where the Jebusites were, the inhabitants of the land.

  • 1 Chronicles 11:5

    And the inhabitants of Jebus said to David, Thou shalt not come hither. Nevertheless David took the castle of Zion, which is the city of David.