יַצִּיבyatstsîyb
certain, true
Pronunciation: yats-tseeb' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3330
Meanings
1. certain, sure (Daniel 2:45; Daniel 3:24; Daniel 3:8)
2. true, as substantive, the truth (Daniel 6:13; Daniel 7:16)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 5 times in the Bible.
- Daniel 2:8 The king replied, “I know what you are doing! You’re stalling for time because you know I am serious when I say,
- Daniel 2:45 That is the meaning of the rock cut from the mountain, though not by human hands, that crushed to pieces the statue of iron, bronze, clay, silver, and gold. The great God was showing the king what will happen in the future. The dream is true, and its meaning is certain.”
- Daniel 3:24 But suddenly, Nebuchadnezzar jumped up in amazement and exclaimed to his advisers, “Didn’t we tie up three men and throw them into the furnace?” “Yes, Your Majesty, we certainly did,” they replied.
- Daniel 6:12 So they went straight to the king and reminded him about his law. “Did you not sign a law that for the next thirty days any person who prays to anyone, divine or human—except to you, Your Majesty—will be thrown into the den of lions?” “Yes,” the king replied, “that decision stands; it is an official law of the Medes and Persians that cannot be revoked.”
- Daniel 7:16 So I approached one of those standing beside the throne and asked him what it all meant. He explained it to me like this:
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).