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Sheriffs
Open directlyEaston's Bible Dictionary · 1897
(Dan. 3:2), Babylonian officers.
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Hastings Dictionary of the Bible · 1898
SHER'IFFS, mentioned in Dan 3:2 as among the Babylonish dignitaries, were probably officers like the mufti, or the "head-doctors of the Law in the Turkish empire."
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Schaff's Dictionary of the Bible · 1880
SHER'IFFS, mentioned in Dan 3:2 as among the Babylonish dignitaries, were probably officers like the mufti, or the "head-doctors of the Law in the Turkish empire."