Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:
(shire officer). A Babylonian official (Dan. 3:2).
Concise Bible Dictionary:
The word is tiphtaye. Fürst translates it “judges,” and Gesenius “those learned in the law”; the word occurs only in Daniel 3:2-3.
Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:
Meaning:
(Aramaic) perhaps from 8199; judicial, i.e. a lawyer