Quick Definition
Dura
Biblical Persons & Places
Dura
Dura= near Babel (Babylon@Gen.10.10-Rev=H0894)
A location near Babylon only mentioned at Dan.3.1;
only referred to as Dura (דּוּרָא).
Strong's Definition
Dura, a place in Babylonia
Derivation: (Aramaic) probably from H1753 (דּוּר); circle or dwelling;
KJV Usage: Dura.
Outline of Biblical Usage
Dura = "dwelling"
1) a place in Babylonia where Nebuchadnezzar set up the golden image, site uncertain
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
§ Dura = "dwelling"
a place in Babylonia where Nebuchadnezzar set up the golden image, site uncertain
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
דּוּרָא (Aramaic)
dûrâ
BDB Definition:
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/Strongs Number: probably from H1753
Total KJV Occurrences: 1