Dictionaries :: Sheriff

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Sheriff:

sher'-if (Aramaic tiphtaye' "judicial," "a lawyer," "a sheriff" (Da 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.

King James Dictionary

Sheriff: One Knowledgeable in the Law.

Then 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 3:3)

Nave's Topical Bible

Sheriff: General Scriptures Concerning

Dan 3:2, 3