יְבוּס

Strong’s Definition

Jebus, the original name of Jerusalem

Etymology & Derivation

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

KJV Usage

Jebus.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.an early name for jerusalem, the city of the jebusites; also 'jebusi'

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: Yᵉbûwç; Pronunciation: yeb-oos'