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Definitions

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A placename, said in the Bible to have been the name of Jerusalem prior to its conquest by Joshua and David.

   "And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which is Jebus; where the Jebusites were, the inhabitants of the land."

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"Jebus is the mythical former name of Jerusalem."

Etymology

From Ecclesiastical Latin Iebus, from Ancient Greek Ιεβους (Iebous), from Biblical Hebrew יְבוּס (yᵊḇûs).

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