Yatstsîyb — H3330

Definition

noun

fixed, sure; concretely, certainty

1. n
2. the truth
3. adv
4. surely, reliably, truly
5. adj
6. reliable, true, certain, sure

Usually translated as

true, certain, certainty, truth

Origin

(Aramaic) from H3321

• Derived from Yᵉtsab (H3321)

Greek equivalents

• akríbeia (G195)
• akribéstatos (G196)
• akribésteron (G197)
• alḗtheia (G225)
• alēthinós (G228)
• alēthōs (G230)

Occurrences

Yatstsîyb occurs 5 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Daniel (5)

• Daniel 2:8 — The king answered and said, I know of certainty (יַצִּיב֙) that ye would gain the time, because ye see the thing is gone from me.
• Daniel 2:45 — Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain (וְיַצִּ֥יב), and the interpretation thereof sure.
• Daniel 3:24 — Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonied, and rose up in haste, and spake, and said unto his counsellors, Did not we cast three men bound into the midst of the fire? They answered and said unto the king, True (יַצִּיבָ֖א), O king.
• Daniel 6:12 — Then they came near, and spake before the king concerning the king’s decree; Hast thou not signed a decree, that every man that shall ask a petition of any God or man within thirty days, save of thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions? The king answered and said, The thing is true (יַצִּיבָ֧א), according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.
• Daniel 7:16 — I came near unto one of them that stood by, and asked him the truth (וְיַצִּיבָ֥א) of all this. So he told me, and made me know the interpretation of the things.