Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #1757 - דּוּרָא Dura (a place near Bab)

Original Word:	דּוּרָא
Transliteration:	Dura
Definition:	a place near Bab
Part of Speech:	Proper Name Location
Phonetic Spelling:	(doo-raw')
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Dura

(Aramaic) probably from duwr; circle or dwelling; Dura, a place in Babylonia -- Dura.

see HEBREW duwr

Englishman's Concordance

Dura=“dwelling”
1) a place in Babylonia where Nebuchadnezzar set up the golden image, site uncertain
Part of Speech: noun proper locative
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: probably from H1753

Brown-Driver-Briggs

דּוּרָאproper name, of a locationnear Babylonia, only ׳בִּקְעַת דDaniel 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.

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 1757. דּוּרָא (Dura) — 1 Occurrence
Daniel 3:1
HEB:אֲקִימֵהּ֙ בְּבִקְעַ֣ת דּוּרָ֔א בִּמְדִינַ֖ת בָּבֶֽל׃
NAS: it up on the plain of Dura in the province
KJV: in the plain of Dura, in the province
INT: set the plain of Dura the province of Babylon

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