Sheriff
occurs only in Dan 3:2-3, as a rendering; in the A.V. of the Chald. , tiphtay (according to Frst a derivation from the old Persic atipaiti= supreme master [Stern Monatsnamen, p. 196 ]; Sept. ; Vulg. proefectus) one of the classes of court officials at Babylon, probably lawyers or jurists, like the present Mohammedan mufti, who decides points of laws in the Turkish courts.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Sheriff
SHERIFF.In Dan 3:2; Dan 3:8 sheriffs Is the EV [Note: English Version.] tr. [Note: translate or translation.] of Aram. [Note: Aramaic.] liphly, a word of quite uncertain meaning.
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
Sheriff
sherif (Aramaic , tiphtaye’ judicial, a lawyer, a sheriff (Dan 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.
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Sheriff
Dan 3:2-3