yatsiv · certain, true

What it means

yatsiv (יַצִּיב) is an Aramaic word of the Bible that means “certain, true”.

Certain, sure, true (Aramaic); "with certainty".

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. Something certain and firm, that really is so (Aramaic).

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

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

• certain ×3
• Certainly ×1
• truth ×1

Related words

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

Where it appears

• Daniel 2:8

  The king answered and said, “I know for certain that you are buying time, because you have seen that the word from me is firm:

• Daniel 2:45

  Inasmuch as you saw that from the mountain a stone was cut out, not by hands, and it crushed the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver, and the gold, a great Elah has made known to the king what will be after this. And the dream is certain, and its interpretation trustworthy.”

• Daniel 3:24

  Then King Nebuchadnezzar was astonished and rose up in haste; he answered and said to his advisers, “Did we not throw three men bound into the midst of the fire?” They answered and said to the king, “Certainly, O king.”

• Daniel 6:12

  Then they came near and said before the king concerning the prohibition of the king, “Did you not sign a prohibition, that any man who makes a request of any god or man for thirty days, except of you, O king, shall be thrown into the den of the lions?” The king answered and said, “The matter is certain, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be revoked.”

• Daniel 7:16

  I came near to one of those standing there and was asking him the truth about all this; and he spoke to me and made known to me the interpretation of the matters: