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... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. SHERIFF. sher'-if (Aramaic ... points of law. At
best, however, the translation "sheriff" is but a conjecture. ...
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Sherghat

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Fee (5 Occurrences)
... amount, or fixed by custom or laws; charge; pay; perquisite; as, the fees of lawyers
and physicians; the fees of office; clerk's fees; sheriff's fees; marriage ...
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Right (4703 Occurrences)
... 24. (a.) That which one has a legal or social claim to do or to exact; legal power;
authority; as, a sheriff has a right to arrest a criminal. 25. ...
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Receipt (3 Occurrences)
... 9. (vt) To give a receipt for; as, to receipt goods delivered by a sheriff. 10.
(vt) To put a receipt on, as by writing or stamping; as, to receipt a bill. 11. ...
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Deputy (7 Occurrences)
... in his name or his behalf; a substitute in office; a lieutenant; a representative;
a delegate; a vicegerent; as, the deputy of a prince, of a sheriff, of a ...
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Marshal (2 Occurrences)
... judicial district of the United States, to execute the process of the courts of
the United States, and perform various duties, similar to those of a sheriff. ...
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Sheriffs (2 Occurrences)

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Seize (91 Occurrences)
... 4. (vt) To take possession of by virtue of a warrant or other legal authority; as,
the sheriff seized the debtor's goods. 5. (vt) To fasten; to fix. ...
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Turn (963 Occurrences)
... 35. (n.) A pit sunk in some part of a drift. 36. (n.) A court of record, held by
the sheriff twice a year in every hundred within his county. 37. ...
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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
SHERIFF

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

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
(n.) The chief officer of a shire or county, to whom is entrusted the execution of the laws, the serving of judicial writs and processes, and the preservation of the peace.
Strong's Hebrew
8614. tiphtaye -- (title of an official) perhaps magistrates
... sheriff. (Aramaic) perhaps from shaphat; judicial, ie A lawyer -- sheriff. see HEBREW
shaphat. << 8613, 8614. tiphtaye. 8615 >>. Strong's Numbers.
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