How to Pronounce Jebusites
DZHEHB-oo-zaits
Jebusites is pronounced DZHEHB-oo-zaits (ˈdʒɛbuːzaɪts): three syllables, stress on the first.
What is Jebusites?
The name of the original inhabitants of Jebus, mentioned frequently among the seven nations doomed to destruction (Gen. 10:16; 15:21; Ex. 3:8, 17; 13:5, etc.). At the time of the arrival of the Israelites in Palestine they were ruled by Adonizedek (Josh. 10:1, 23). They were defeated by Joshua, and their king was slain; but they were not entirely driven out of Jebus till the time of David, who made it the capital of his kingdom instead of Hebron. The site on which the temple was afterwards built belonged to Araunah, a Jebusite, from whom it was purchased by David, who refused to accept it as a free gift (2 Sam. 24:16-25; 1 Chr. 21:24, 25).
Adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain.
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