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Sheriff

sher'-if (Aramaic tiphtaye' "judicial," "a lawyer," "a sheriff" (Dan 3:2): Probably a "lawyer" or "jurist" whose business it was to decide points of law. At best, however, the translation "sheriff" is but a conjecture.

Kilde: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (red. James Orr, 1915/1939), public domain. Oversat til dansk med AI og endnu ikke gennemlæst.