Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H2982: יְבוּס

Yᵉbûwç · pronounced yeb-oos' · “Jebus”

Definition

Jebus, the original name of Jerusalem

KJV translates it as: Jebus.

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

Extended definition

Jebus = "threshing place"
an early name for Jerusalem, the city of the Jebusites; also 'Jebusi'
Another name of ye.ru.sha.laim (יְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵם "Jerusalem" H3389)

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H2982 is translated

  • jebus ×3
  • was jebus ×1

Bible verses with H2982 (Yᵉbûwç)

Yᵉbûwç appears in 4 verses.

  • 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.

Words derived from H2982