Lexical Summary Dura: a place near Bab Original Word: דּוּרָאTransliteration: Dura Phonetic Spelling: (doo-raw') Part of Speech: Proper Name Location Short Definition: a place near Bab Meaning: Dura -- a place near Babylon Strong's Concordance Dura (Aramaic) probably from duwr; circle or dwelling; Dura, a place in Babylonia -- Dura. see HEBREW duwr Brown-Driver-Briggs H1757. Dura דּוּרָא proper name, of a location near Babylonia, only ד ׳בִּקְעַת Daniel 3:1, ᵐ5. τοῦ περιβόλου (Syro-Hex. περίβολον), Θ Δεειρα; Dûru is name of several places in Babylonia DlPar. 216; BaerDn. p. x, compare AndrM 58*; HoffmPers. Märtyrer 164 f.; name of small river and mounds OppExpéd. i. 238 f. (see Dr); improbably explained as = zôr, depression (name actually used of lower Euphrase and Tigris valleys) by WetzstDe Jes:3 701f.; Babylonian dûru = wall. |
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