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Jebus

American  
[jee-buhs] / ˈdʒi bəs /

noun

  1. an ancient Canaanite city taken by David: it later became Jerusalem.


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Homer pleads for the help of Jebus in season 11's "Missionary: Impossible" while escaping from a bloodthirsty Betty White and her PBS pledge drive cronies.

From Salon • Sep. 13, 2021

It had once been called Salem, or peace, when the mysterious priest-king, Melchizedek, reigned there in Abraham's time, but since it had been held by the Jebusites, and called Jebus.

From The Chosen People A Compendium of Sacred and Church History for School-Children by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

Explanation of Soudan and Bornou common words for articles of dress, food, instruments for manufacturing:— Jebus, leathern bag.

From Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 2 Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's Government by Richardson, James

This city was divided into two; one part was called Jebus, the other Salem: the one was in the tribe of Juda, the other in the tribe of Benjamin.

From The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 07: Judges The Challoner Revision by

Many a fortified town was still held by the Canaanites, in especial Jebus, on Mount Moriah, between Judah and Benjamin; and close to Asher, the two great merchant cities of the Zidonians upon the sea-shore.

From The Chosen People A Compendium of Sacred and Church History for School-Children by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

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