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Jebus
[ jee-buhs ]
noun
- an ancient Canaanite city taken by David: it later became Jerusalem.
Example Sentences
Homer pleads for the help of Jebus in season 11's "Missionary: Impossible" while escaping from a bloodthirsty Betty White and her PBS pledge drive cronies.
To this day, I donāt think Iāve heard anything funnier than Homer crying: āSave me, Jebus!ā except, perhaps, āIām no missionary, I donāt even believe in Jebus!ā
Of the four cities of the HivitesāGibeon, Chephirah, Beeroth, and Kirjath-jearimāGibeon, two good hours north-west of Jebus, was the most important.
At first the chief was priest and king after the order of Melchisedec of the Ammonite city, Jebusāthat is to say, he received divine honours while wielding the temporal authority.
The Lede offers the clip above, from the 2000 episode āMissionary: Impossible,ā in which Homer memorably declared, āIām no missionary, I donāt even believe in Jebus!ā seconds before uttering the despairing plea, āSave me, Jebus!ā
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