Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H8614: תִּפְתַּי

tiphtay · pronounced tif-tah'-ee · “magistrate”

Definition

judicial, i.e. a lawyer

KJV translates it as: sheriff.

Word origin: (Aramaic) perhaps from H8199 (שָׁפַט);

Extended definition

1) magistrate
2) (BDB) name of a magistrate

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H8614 is translated

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Bible verses with H8614 (tiphtay)

Tiphtay appears in 2 verses.

  • Daniel 3:2

    Then 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 3:3

    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.