Jebus (jç'bus), place trodden down, threshing-floor. The ancient name of Jerusalem among the Canaanites, Judges 19:10-11; 1 Chronicles 11:4-5; probably derived from a descendant of Canaan the son of Ham. Genesis 10:16. The tribe of Jebusites were partially subdued by Joshua, Joshua 10:23; Joshua 10:40; Joshua 12:10; Joshua 15:63; and they were permitted to remain after the conquest of Jebus, by David. Numbers 13:29; 2 Samuel 5:6-9; 2 Samuel 24:16-25; 1 Chronicles 11:4-8; Ezra 9:1-2. "Jebusi" or "Jebusite" is sometimes put for the city Jebus. Joshua 15:8; Joshua 18:16; Zechariah 9:7.