Official
טִפְסָרStrong’s H2951tiphsar (tiph-sar)
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Tiphsar is the Hebrew word usually translated “official” and “officials your”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz; appoint a captain against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough caterpillers.”
Meaning
- Scribe, official, marshal
How it's translated
- an official 1
- and officials your 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Jeremiah 1
- Nahum 1
2 books in all.
Hebrew dictionary
טִפְסָר tiphsar · official
scribe, official, marshal
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “official” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
OFFI'CIAL, adjective
- Pertaining to an office or public trust.
- Derived from the proper office or officer, or from the proper authority; made or communicated by virtue of authority; as an official statement or report.
- Conducive by virtue of appropriate powers.
All definitions and other forms of “official”
OFFI'CIAL, noun
An ecclesiastical judge appointed by a bishop, chapter, archdeacon, etc., with charge of the spiritual jurisdiction.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.