Certain
יַצִּיבStrong’s H3330yatstsiv (yats-tsiv)
Appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Yatstsiv is the Aramaic word usually translated “certain” and “truth the”. It appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament.
“The king answered and said, I know of certainty that ye would gain the time, because ye see the thing is gone from me.”
Meaning
- The truth
- Surely, reliably, truly
- Reliable, true, certain, sure
How it's translated
- certain 3
- and certain 1
- and truth the 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Daniel 5
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 2:45In contextForasmuch 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, and the interpretation thereof sure.
- Daniel 3:24In contextThen 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, O king.
- Daniel 6:12In contextThen 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, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.
- Daniel 7:16In contextI came near unto one of them that stood by, and asked him the truth of all this. So he told me, and made me know the interpretation of the things.
Aramaic dictionary
יַצִּיב yatstsiv · certain
n 1) the truth adv 2) surely, reliably, truly adj 3) reliable, true, certain, sure
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “certain” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
CERTAIN, adjective
- Sure; true; undoubted; unquestionable; that cannot be denied; existing in fact and truth.“The dream is certain and the interpretation sure” Daniel 2:45
- Assured in mind; having no doubts; followed by of, before a noun.
- Unfailing; always producing the intended effect; as, we may have a certain remedy for a disease.
- Not doubtful or casual; really existing.
All definitions
- Stated; fixed; determinate; regular.“Ye shall gather a certain rate every day” Exodus 16:4
- Particular.“There came a certain poor widow” Mark 12:42
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Aramaic, not from any one translation.