Original Word: דּוּרָא
Part of Speech: Proper Name Location
Transliteration: Duwra'
Pronunciation: DOO-rah
Phonetic Spelling: (doo-raw')
KJV: Dura
NASB: Dura
Word Origin: [(Aramaic) probably from H175 (אַהֲרוֹן - Aaron)3]

1. circle or dwelling
2. Dura, a place in Babylonia

Dura

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

see HEBREW duwr

Word Origin
(Aramaic) from dur
Definition
a place near Bab.
NASB Translation
Dura (1).

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.

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