Jebus (jç'bus), place trodden down, threshing-floor. The ancient name of Jerusalem among the Canaanites, Judges 1:19-11, 1 Chronicles 1:11-5; 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 1:5-9, 2 Samuel 1:24-25, 1 Chronicles 1:11-8, Ezra 1:9-2. "Jebusi" or "Jebusite" is sometimes put for the city Jebus. Joshua 15:8, Joshua 18:16, Zechariah 9:7.