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Sheriff
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
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occurs only in Daniel 3:2-3, as a rendering; in the A.V. of the Chald. תַּפְתִּי , tiphtay (according to Fü rst "a derivation from the old Persic atipaiti= supreme master [Stern Monatsnamen, p. 196 ];" Sept. ἐπ᾿ ἐξουσιών; 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.
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Sheriff'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​s/sheriff.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Sheriff'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​s/sheriff.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.