yatir · extraordinary, exceedingly

What it means

yatir (יַתִּיר) is an Aramaic word of the Bible that means “extraordinary, exceedingly”.

Extraordinary, surpassing (Aramaic); as an adverb, "exceedingly".

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. That goes beyond the ordinary; very much (Aramaic).

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• extraordinary ×5
• exceedingly ×3

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Daniel 2:31

  You, O king, were looking, and look, a great image was there, that image was large and its brightness extraordinary; it stood before you, and its appearance was terrifying.

• Daniel 3:22

  Because of this, because the king’s word was harsh and the furnace was heated exceedingly, those men who took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, the flame of the fire killed them.

• Daniel 4:36

  At that time my understanding returned to me, and for the honor of my kingdom, my majesty and my splendor returned to me; and my advisers and my nobles sought me, and I was reestablished over my kingdom, and extraordinary greatness was added to me.

• Daniel 5:12

  because an extraordinary spirit and knowledge and insight for interpreting dreams and declaring riddles and loosening knots were found in him, in Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar. Now let Daniel be called, and he will declare the interpretation.”

• Daniel 5:14

  And I have heard of you that the spirit of the gods is in you, and that light and insight and extraordinary wisdom have been found in you.

• Daniel 6:3

  Then this Daniel was distinguishing himself above the supervisors and the satraps, because an extraordinary spirit was in him, and the king was planning to set him over all the kingdom.

• Daniel 7:7

  After this I was looking in the visions of the night, and look, a fourth beast, terrifying and dreadful and exceedingly strong; and it had great teeth of iron; it devoured and crushed, and the rest it trampled with its feet; and it was different from all the beasts that were before it, and it had ten horns.

• Daniel 7:19

  Then I wished to know the truth about the fourth beast, which was different from all of them, exceedingly terrifying, whose teeth were of iron and its claws of bronze, which devoured, crushed, and trampled the rest with its feet;