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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 - Jebusites, Amorites, Girgashites,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 15:21

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:8 - So I have come down to rescue them from the power of the Egyptians and lead them out of Egypt into their own fertile and spacious land. It is a land flowing with milk and honey—the land where the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites now live.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:17 - I have promised to rescue you from your oppression in Egypt. I will lead you to a land flowing with milk and honey—the land where the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites now live.”’

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 13:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:5 - You must celebrate this event in this month each year after the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Hivites, and Jebusites. (He swore to your ancestors that he would give you this land—a land flowing with milk and honey.)

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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 into the land of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hivites, and Jebusites, so you may live there. And I will destroy them completely.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 33:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:2 - And I will send an angel before you to drive out the Canaanites, Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 34:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:11 - But listen carefully to everything I command you today. Then I will go ahead of you and drive out the Amorites, Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 13:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:29 - The Amalekites live in the Negev, and the Hittites, Jebusites, and Amorites live in the hill country. The Canaanites live along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea[fn] and along the Jordan Valley.”

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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 you are about to enter and occupy, he will clear away many nations ahead of you: the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites. These seven nations are greater and more numerous than you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 20:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:17 - You must completely destroy[fn] the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, just as the LORD your God has commanded you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:10 - Today you will know that the living God is among you. He will surely drive out the Canaanites, Hittites, Hivites, Perizzites, Girgashites, Amorites, and Jebusites ahead of you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 9:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:1 - Now all the kings west of the Jordan River heard about what had happened. These were the kings of the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, who lived in the hill country, in the western foothills,[fn] and along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea[fn] as far north as the Lebanon mountains.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 11:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:3 - the kings of Canaan, both east and west; the kings of the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites in the hill country, and the Hivites in the towns on the slopes of Mount Hermon in the land of Mizpah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 12:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:8 - including the hill country, the western foothills,[fn] the Jordan Valley, the mountain slopes, the Judean wilderness, and the Negev. The people who lived in this region were the Hittites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites.) These are the kings Israel defeated:

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 15:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:8 - The boundary then passed through the valley of Ben-Hinnom, along the southern slopes of the Jebusites, where the city of Jerusalem is located. Then it went west to the top of the mountain above the valley of Hinnom, and on up to the northern end of the valley of Rephaim.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 15:63

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:63 - But the tribe of Judah could not drive out the Jebusites, who lived in the city of Jerusalem, so the Jebusites live there among the people of Judah to this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 18:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:16 - and down to the base of the mountain beside the valley of Ben-Hinnom, at the northern end of the valley of Rephaim. From there it went down the valley of Hinnom, crossing south of the slope where the Jebusites lived, and continued down to En-rogel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 18:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:28 - Zela, Haeleph, Jebus (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah, and Kiriath[fn]—fourteen towns with their surrounding villages. This was the homeland allocated to the clans of the tribe of Benjamin.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 24:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:11 - “When you crossed the Jordan River and came to Jericho, the men of Jericho fought against you, as did the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. But I gave you victory over them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 1:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:21 - The tribe of Benjamin, however, failed to drive out the Jebusites, who were living in Jerusalem. So to this day the Jebusites live in Jerusalem among the people of Benjamin.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:5 - So the people of Israel lived among the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:11 - It was late in the day when they neared Jebus, and the man’s servant said to him, “Let’s stop at this Jebusite town and spend the night there.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 5:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:6 - David then led his men to Jerusalem to fight against the Jebusites, the original inhabitants of the land who were living there. The Jebusites taunted David, saying, “You’ll never get in here! Even the blind and lame could keep you out!” For the Jebusites thought they were safe.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 5:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:8 - On the day of the attack, David said to his troops, “I hate those ‘lame’ and ‘blind’ Jebusites.[fn] Whoever attacks them should strike by going into the city through the water tunnel.[fn]” That is the origin of the saying, “The blind and the lame may not enter the house.”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 24:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:16 - But as the angel was preparing to destroy Jerusalem, the LORD relented and said to the death angel, “Stop! That is enough!” At that moment the angel of the LORD was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 24:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:18 - That day Gad came to David and said to him, “Go up and build 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 - There were still some people living in the land who were not Israelites, including Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 1:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:14 - Jebusites, Amorites, Girgashites,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:4 - Then David and all Israel went to Jerusalem (or Jebus, as it used to be called), where the Jebusites, the original inhabitants of the land, were living.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:6 - David had said to his troops, “Whoever is first to attack the Jebusites will become the commander of my armies!” And Joab, the son of David’s sister Zeruiah, was first to attack, so he became the commander of David’s armies.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 21:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:15 - And God sent an angel to destroy Jerusalem. But just as the angel was preparing to destroy it, the LORD relented and said to the death angel, “Stop! That is enough!” At that moment the angel of the LORD was standing by the threshing floor of Araunah[fn] the Jebusite.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 21:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:18 - Then the angel of the LORD told Gad to instruct David to go up and build an altar to the LORD on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 21:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:28 - When David saw that the LORD had answered his prayer, he offered sacrifices there at Araunah’s threshing floor.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 3:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:1 - So Solomon began to build the Temple of the LORD in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the LORD had appeared to David, his father. The Temple was built on the threshing floor of Araunah[fn] the Jebusite, the site that David had selected.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 8:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:7 - There were still some people living in the land who were not Israelites, including the Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 9:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:1 - When these things had been done, the Jewish leaders came to me and said, “Many of the people of Israel, and even some of the priests and Levites, have not kept themselves separate from the other peoples living in the land. They have taken up the detestable practices of the Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Jebusites, Ammonites, Moabites, Egyptians, and Amorites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:8 - When he had proved himself faithful, you made a covenant with him to give him and his descendants the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Jebusites, and Girgashites. And you have done what you promised, for you are always true to your word.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:7 - I will grab the bloody meat from their mouths
and snatch the detestable sacrifices from their teeth.
Then the surviving Philistines will worship our God
and become like a clan in Judah.[fn]
The Philistines of Ekron will join my people,
as the ancient Jebusites once did.
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