Lexicon Dura: a place near Bab. Original Word: דּוּרָאPart of Speech: Proper Name Location Transliteration: Dura Phonetic Spelling: (doo-raw') Short Definition: Dura NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origin(Aramaic) from durDefinitiona place near Bab. NASB TranslationDura (1).
Brown-Driver-Briggs דּוּרָא proper name, of a location near Babylonia, only ׳בִּקְעַת ד Daniel 3:1, ᵐ5. τοῦ περιβόλου (Syro-Hex. περίβολον), Θ Δεειρα; Dûru is name of several places in Babylonia Dl Par. 216; Baer Dn. p. x, compare Andr M 58*; Hoffm Pers. Märtyrer 164 f.; name of small river and mounds Opp Expéd. i. 238 f. (see Dr); improbably explained as = zôr, depression (name actually used of lower Euphrase and Tigris valleys) by Wetzst De Jes:3 701f.; Babylonian dûru = wall. Strong's Dura (Aramaic) probably from duwr; circle or dwelling; Dura, a place in Babylonia -- Dura. see HEBREW duwr |
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