Sheriff (ISBE)
DIC dictionary-entry · status:draft · license:PD
sher´if (Aramaic תּפתּיא , tiphtāyē' "judicial," "a lawyer," "a sheriff" ( Daniel 3:2 f): Probably a "lawyer" or "jurist" whose business it was to decide points of law. At best, however, the translation "sheriff" is but a conjecture.
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source-manifest/isbe— ISBE (PD)