H2982 H2982
Jebus, the ancient Canaanite name for Jerusalem before David's conquest
An archaic place name identifying Jerusalem by its pre-Israelite Jebusite designation. The name appears exclusively in narratives that explicitly equate the two cities—'Jebus, that is, Jerusalem' (Judg 19:10; 1 Chr 11:4)—preserving the memory of the city's Canaanite past. Its rare use (only 4 occurrences) suggests it was already antiquarian in the biblical period, invoked to anchor Jerusalem's identity in the story of David's conquest.
Senses
1. sense 1 — The pre-Davidic name for Jerusalem, used when the text deliberately identifies the city with its Jebusite heritage. Every occurrence pairs Jebus with Jerusalem through an explanatory gloss ('Jebus, which is Jerusalem'), as in Judg 19:10–11 and 1 Chr 11:4–5. Multilingual renderings (Eng 'Yevus,' Spa 'Jebús') consistently transliterate rather than translate, reflecting its status as an opaque proper noun. 4×
AR["يَبُوس", "يَبُوسَ"]·ben["যিবূষ", "যিবূষের"]·DE["Yevus", "[יבוס]"]·EN["Yevus"]·FR["Yevus", "[יבוס]"]·heb["יבוס"]·HI["यबूस", "यबूस-के"]·ID["Yebus"]·IT["Yevus", "[יבוס]"]·jav["Yébus"]·KO["여부스", "여부스-의"]·PT["Yebus", "Yevus"]·RU["Йевус", "Йевуса", "Йевусе"]·ES["Jebús"]·SW["Yebusi"]·TR["Yevus", "Yevus'un"]·urd["یبوس", "یبوس-کے"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† יְבוּס n.pr.loc. Jebus, name of Jerusalem according to Ju 19:10 יְבוּס הִיא יְרוּשָׁלַםִ, cf. also v 11; 1 Ch 11:4 יְרוּשָׁלַםִ הִיא יְבוּס, cf. v 5.