Jebus
Americannoun
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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
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
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
On the contrary, in these Jerusalem is still known only by its old name of Uru-salim; of the name Jebus there is not a hint.
From Patriarchal Palestine by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)
His residence was immediately transferred from Hebron to Jebus, which until then had remained in possession of the Canaanites, and first derives historical importance from him.
From Prolegomena by Wellhausen, Julius
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