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Lexicon :: Strong's H2983 - yᵊḇûsî

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יְבוּסִי
Transliteration
yᵊḇûsî
Pronunciation
yeb-oo-see'
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Part of Speech
masculine patrial noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

יְבוּסִי Yᵉbûwçîy, yeb-oo-see'; patrial from H2982; a Jebusite or inhabitant of Jebus:—Jebusite(-s).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 41x

The KJV translates Strong's H2983 in the following manner: Jebusite (41x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 41x
The KJV translates Strong's H2983 in the following manner: Jebusite (41x).

  1. Jebusite = "descendants of Jebus"

    1. descendants of the 3rd son of Canaan who lived in or around the site of Jebus, the early name for Jerusalem

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יְבוּסִי Yᵉbûwçîy, yeb-oo-see'; patrial from H2982; a Jebusite or inhabitant of Jebus:—Jebusite(-s).
STRONGS H2983: Abbreviations
† יְבוּסִי, יְבֻסִי
1. adjective, of a people Jebusite, Jebusites, singular אורנה הַיְבֻסִי 2 Samuel 24:16, 18 compare 1 Chronicles 21:15, 18, 28; 2 Chronicles 3:1; as substantive a Jebusite Zechariah 9:7; usually with article הַי׳ collective the Jebusites, in historical statement Genesis 10:16 (J) = 1 Chronicles 1:14; Numbers 13:29 (E) Joshua 9:1; Joshua 11:3; Joshua 12:8; Joshua 24:11 (all D) Judges 3:5; Nehemiah 9:8, all in list of Canaanitish peoples; so also 1 Kings 9:20 2 Chronicles 8:7, where remnant of these peoples referred to; also Ezra 9:1, which seems to shew that this list had become a standing expression for early inhabitants; compare further in promises (J E D) Genesis 15:21; Exodus 3:8, 17; Exodus 13:5; Exodus 23:23; Exodus 33:2; Exodus 34:11; Deuteronomy 7:1; Deuteronomy 20:17; Joshua 3:10; specifically defined as inhabitants of Jebus-Jerusalem Joshua 15:63 (twice in verse) (J) Judges 1:21 (twice in verse); 2 Samuel 5:6, 8 (on which compare Dr) 1 Chronicles 11:4 (called also יוֺשֵׁב הָאָרֶץ 2 Samuel 5:6 & ישְׁבֵי הָאָרֶץ 1 Chronicles 11:4); see also עִיר הַיְבוּסִי הַזּאֹת Judges 19:11; whence
2. Jerusalem, Hexateuch only P, Joshua 15:8 גֵּי בֶןהִֿנֹּם אֶלכֶּֿתֶף היבוסי מִנֶּגֶב הִיא יְרוּשָׁלָ֑םִ, compare Joshua 18:16, 28 וְהַיְבוּסִי הִיא יְרוּשָׁלַםִ. — compare כנען.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

10:16; 15:21

Exodus

3:8; 3:17; 13:5; 23:23; 33:2; 34:11

Numbers

13:29

Deuteronomy

7:1; 20:17

Joshua

3:10; 9:1; 11:3; 12:8; 15:8; 15:63; 18:16; 18:28; 24:11

Judges

1:21; 3:5; 19:11

2 Samuel

5:6; 5:6; 5:8; 24:16; 24:18

1 Kings

9:20

1 Chronicles

1:14; 11:4; 11:4; 21:15; 21:18; 21:28

2 Chronicles

3:1; 8:7

Ezra

9:1

Nehemiah

9:8

Zechariah

9:7

H2983

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2983 matches the Hebrew יְבוּסִי (yᵊḇûsî),
which occurs 41 times in 39 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:16 - the Jebusite, the Amorite, and the Girgashite;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 15:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:21 - “the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:8 - “So I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up from that land to a good and large land, to a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanites and the Hittites and the Amorites and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:17 - “and I have said I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt to the land of the Canaanites and the Hittites and the Amorites and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites, to a land flowing with milk and honey.” ’

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 13:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:5 - “And it shall be, when the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites and the Hittites and the Amorites and the Hivites and the Jebusites, which He swore to your fathers to give you, a land flowing with milk and honey, that you shall keep this service in this month.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:23 - “For My Angel will go before you and bring you in to the Amorites and the Hittites and the Perizzites and the Canaanites and the Hivites and the Jebusites; and I will cut them off.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 33:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:2 - “And I will send My Angel before you, and I will drive out the Canaanite and the Amorite and the Hittite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 34:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:11 - “Observe what I command you this day. Behold, I am driving out from before you the Amorite and the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 13:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:29 - “The Amalekites dwell in the land of the South; the Hittites, the Jebusites, and the Amorites dwell in the mountains; and the Canaanites dwell by the sea and along the banks of the Jordan.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 7:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:1 - “When the LORD your God brings you into the land which you go to possess, and has cast out many nations before you, the Hittites and the Girgashites and the Amorites and the Canaanites and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than you,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 20:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:17 - “but you shall utterly destroy them: the Hittite and the Amorite and the Canaanite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite, just as the LORD your God has commanded you,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:10 - And Joshua said, “By this you shall know that the living God is among you, and that He will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanites and the Hittites and the Hivites and the Perizzites and the Girgashites and the Amorites and the Jebusites:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:1 - And it came to pass when all the kings who were on this side of the Jordan, in the hills and in the lowland and in all the coasts of the Great Sea toward Lebanon—the Hittite, the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite—heard about it,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 11:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:3 - to the Canaanites in the east and in the west, the Amorite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Jebusite in the mountains, and the Hivite below Hermon in the land of Mizpah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 12:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:8 - in the mountain country, in the lowlands, in the Jordan plain, in the slopes, in the wilderness, and in the South—the Hittites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites:

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 15:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:8 - And the border went up by the Valley of the Son of Hinnom to the southern slope of the Jebusite city (which is Jerusalem). The border went up to the top of the mountain that lies before the Valley of Hinnom westward, which is at the end of the Valley of Rephaim[fn] northward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 15:63

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:63 - As for the Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children of Judah could not drive them out; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Judah at Jerusalem to this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 18:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:16 - Then the border came down to the end of the mountain that lies before the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, which is in the Valley of the Rephaim[fn] on the north, descended to the Valley of Hinnom, to the side of the Jebusite city on the south, and descended to En Rogel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 18:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:28 - Zelah, Eleph, Jebus (which is Jerusalem), Gibeath, and Kirjath: fourteen cities with their villages. This was the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 24:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:11 - ‘Then you went over the Jordan and came to Jericho. And the men of Jericho fought against you—also the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. But I delivered them into your hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 1:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:21 - But the children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites who inhabited Jerusalem; so the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem to this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:5 - Thus the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:11 - They were near Jebus, and the day was far spent; and the servant said to his master, “Come, please, and let us turn aside into this city of the Jebusites and lodge in it.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 5:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:6 - And the king and his men went to Jerusalem against the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, who spoke to David, saying, “You shall not come in here; but the blind and the lame will repel you,” thinking, “David cannot come in here.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 5:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:8 - Now David said on that day, “Whoever climbs up by way of the water shaft and defeats the Jebusites (the lame and the blind, who are hated by David’s soul), he shall be chief and captain.”[fn] Therefore they say, “The blind and the lame shall not come into the house.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 24:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:16 - And when the angel[fn] stretched out His hand over Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD relented from the destruction, and said to the angel who was destroying the people, “It is enough; now restrain your hand.” And the angel of the LORD was by the threshing floor of Araunah[fn] the Jebusite.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 24:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:18 - And Gad came that day to David and said to him, “Go up, erect an altar to the LORD on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 9:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:20 - All the people who were left of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, who were not of the children of Israel—

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 1:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:14 - the Jebusite, the Amorite, and the Girgashite;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:4 - And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which is Jebus, where the Jebusites were, the inhabitants of the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:6 - Now David said, “Whoever attacks the Jebusites first shall be chief and captain.” And Joab the son of Zeruiah went up first, and became chief.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 21:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:15 - And God sent an angel to Jerusalem to destroy it. As he[fn] was destroying, the LORD looked and relented of the disaster, and said to the angel who was destroying, “It is enough; now restrain your[fn] hand.” And the angel of the LORD stood by the threshing floor of Ornan[fn] the Jebusite.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 21:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:18 - Therefore, the angel of the LORD commanded Gad to say to David that David should go and erect an altar to the LORD on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 21:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:28 - At that time, when David saw that the LORD had answered him on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, he sacrificed there.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 3:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:1 - Now Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the LORD[fn] had appeared to his father David, at the place that David had prepared on the threshing floor of Ornan[fn] the Jebusite.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 8:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:7 - All the people who were left of the Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, who were not of Israel—

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 9:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:1 - When these things were done, the leaders came to me, saying, “The people of Israel and the priests and the Levites have not separated themselves from the peoples of the lands, with respect to the abominations of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:8 - You found his heart faithful before You,
And made a covenant with him
To give the land of the Canaanites,
The Hittites, the Amorites,
The Perizzites, the Jebusites,
And the Girgashites—
To give it to his descendants.
You have performed Your words,
For You are righteous.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:7 - I will take away the blood from his mouth,
And the abominations from between his teeth.
But he who remains, even he shall be for our God,
And shall be like a leader in Judah,
And Ekron like a Jebusite.
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