The Definition of the word Jebus

Jebus

Trodden hard, or fastness, or the waterless hill", the name of" the Canaanitish city which stood on Mount Zion (Josh. 15:8; "18:16, 28). It is identified with Jerusalem (q.v.) in Judg." "19:10, and with the castle or city of David (1 Chr. 11:4, 5). It" "was a place of great natural strength, and its capture was one" of David's most brilliant achievements (2 Sam. 5:8).