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Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(shire officer). A Babylonian official (Dan. 3:2²Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the princes, the governors, and the captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up. (Daniel 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 3:2-3²Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the princes, the governors, and the captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up. ³Then the princes, the governors, and captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, were gathered together unto the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up; and they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up. (Daniel 3:2‑3).

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

8614 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

tiphtay

Phonic:

tif-tah’-ee

Meaning:

(Aramaic) perhaps from 8199; judicial, i.e. a lawyer

KJV Usage:

sheriff