Dura
דּוּרָאStrong’s H1757dura (du-ra)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Dura is the Aramaic word usually translated “dura”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.”
Meaning
- § Dura = "dwelling"
How it's translated
- dura 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Daniel 1
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Aramaic dictionary
דּוּרָא dura · Dura
§ Dura = "dwelling" a place in Babylonia where Nebuchadnezzar set up the golden image, site uncertain
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Aramaic, not from any one translation.