Lexicon :: Strong's H1757 - dûrā'

דּוּרָא
Transliteration
dûrā'
Pronunciation
doo-raw'
Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably from דּוּר (H1753)
Strong’s Definitions

דּוּרָא Dûwrâʼ, doo-raw'; (Aramaic) probably from H1753; circle or dwelling; Dura, a place in Babylonia:—Dura.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's H1757 in the following manner: Dura (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's H1757 in the following manner: Dura (1x).

  1. Dura = "dwelling"

    1. a place in Babylonia where Nebuchadnezzar set up the golden image, site uncertain

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
דּוּרָא Dûwrâʼ, doo-raw'; (Aramaic) probably from H1753; circle or dwelling; Dura, a place in Babylonia:—Dura.
STRONGS H1757: Abbreviations

Biblical Aramaic

† דּוּרָא proper name, of a location near Babylonia, only בִּקְעַת ד׳ Daniel 3:1, . 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 Euphrates and Tigris valleys) by WetzstDe Jes:3 701f.; Babylonian dûru = wall.
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