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Jebus
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je'-bus (treading under foot; manger, trodden hard, fastness)
RELATED: Jerusalem, Zion |
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Easton's Bible Dictionary
trodden hard, or fastness, or "the waterless hill", The
name of the Canaanitish city which stood on Mount Zion ( Joshua 15:8 ; 18:16 ,
18:28 ). It is identified with Jerusalem (q.v.) in Judges 19:10, and with the
castle or city of David ( 1 Chronicles 11:4 , 11:5 ). It was a place of great
natural strength, and its capture was one of David's most brilliant achievements
( 2 Samuel 5:8 ).
Hitchcock's Dictionary of Bible Names
treading under foot; manger
Smith's Bible Dictionary
(threshing-floor), One of the names of Jerusalem, the
city of the Jebusites, are called JEBUSI. ( Joshua 15:8 ; 18:16 , 18:28 ; Judges
19:10 , 19:11 ; 1 Chronicles 11:4 , 11:5 ) [JERUSALEM]
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
je'-bus (yebhuc; Iebous):
In Judges 19:10 , 11, "Jebus (the same is Jerusalem)"; 1 Chronicles 11:4 , 5 ,
"Jerusalem (the same is Jebus)." It was once thought that this was the first name
of Jerusalem, as indeed might be suggested by the Biblical references, but it
is now known from the Tell el-Amarna Letters that Urusa-lem was a name used centuries
before the time of David (see JERUSALEM, I). It would appear probable that the
name "Jebus" was evolved by the Hebrews as an alternate name, and possibly they
may have imagined an earlier name, for Jerusalem from JEBUSITE (which see), the
name of the local tribe who owned the district in the first centuries of Israel's
occupation of Canaan.
E. W. G. Masterman
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bible commentary, bible history, bible reference, bible study, city, david, define, iebous, jebus, jerusalem, mount zion, yebhuc
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