Lexical Definition

‎תִּפְתַּי‎ tiphtay (tif-tah'-ee) magistrate ^A:N-M
(Aramaic) perhaps from ‎שָׁפַט‎

sheriff.

• judicial, i.e. a lawyer

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

See Greek: ἐξουσία

Extended Information

Aramaic of: שָׁפַט

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎תִּפְתָּיֵא‎ Kt, ‎תָּאֵי‎- Qr, noun masculine plural name of the official Dan 3:2; Dan 3:3 (so Egyptian Aramaic RÉS^{361 B 4} ‎דיניא‎ ‎תיפתיא וגושכיא‎; meaning unknown, conjectures in Bev, Behrm, compare Dr). [‎תַּקִּיף‎] see ‎תְּקִף‎. below

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