The meaning of “יְבוּסִי”
Understanding Yᵉbûwçîy reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
patrial from יְבוּס Jebusite(-s). - § Jebusite = "descendants of Jebus" - a Jebusite or inhabitant of Jebus 1) descendan...
יְבוּסִי
patrial from יְבוּס Jebusite(-s). - § Jebusite = "descendants of Jebus" - a Jebusite or inhabitant of Jebus 1) descendants of the 3rd son of Canaan who lived in or around the site of Jebus, the early name for Jerusalem
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 15:21 | “And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites. ” Word: יְבוּסִי (Yᵉbûwçîy) | |
| Numbers 13:29 | “The Amalekites dwell in the land of the south: and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites, dwell in the mountains: and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the coast of Jordan.” Word: יְבוּסִי (Yᵉbûwçîy) | |
| Joshua 15:8 | “And the border went up by the valley of the son of Hinnom unto the south side of the Jebusite; the same is Jerusalem: and the border went up to the top of the mountain that lieth before the valley of Hinnom westward, which is at the end of the valley of the giants northward:” Word: יְבוּסִי (Yᵉbûwçîy) | |
| 2 Samuel 24:16 | “And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the Lord repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough: stay now thine hand. And the angel of the Lord was by the threshingplace of Araunah the Jebusite.” Word: יְבוּסִי (Yᵉbûwçîy) | |
| 1 Chronicles 21:15 | “And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was destroying, the Lord beheld, and he repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed, It is enough, stay now thine hand. And the angel of the Lord stood by the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.” Word: יְבוּסִי (Yᵉbûwçîy) |