Jebusite

[ jeb-yuh-sahyt ]

noun

1. a member of an ancient Canaanite people that lived in Jebus.

Other Words From

• Jeb·u·sit·ic [jeb-y, uh, -, sit, -ik], Jebu·siti·cal adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of Jebusite¹

First recorded in 1525–35; Jebus + -ite ¹

Example Sentences

Writing in French and English, Ms. Adnan published some two dozen books, including poetry collections that referenced Rimbaud, Che Guevara, Native Americans, the Jebusite inhabitants of ancient Jerusalem and jazz musician Charles Mingus in their lyrical but politically charged verses.

From Washington Post

It was he also that instructed David to buy the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite, and thus to consecrate to God a spot with which, to the very end of time, the most hallowed thoughts must always be connected.

From Project Gutenberg

We learn that the destroying angel was stayed at the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite,18 and the spot thus sanctified was made a sanctuary, and commemorated by an altar.

From Project Gutenberg

This great house of prayer, the most holy Mussulman Temple in the world after that of Mecca, is erected over the spot where “Solomon began to build the house of the Lord at Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the Lord appeared unto David his father, in the place that David had prepared in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.”

From Project Gutenberg

Jebusite, jeb′ū-zīt, n. one of a Canaanitish race who long defied the Israelites from their stronghold on Mount Zion.—adj.

From Project Gutenberg