H1757 H1757
Dura (place name, plain near Babylon where Nebuchadnezzar erected the golden image)
A place name in Daniel 3:1, identifying the location where Nebuchadnezzar set up the massive golden image for forced worship. The 'plain of Dura' was somewhere in the Babylonian province, though the exact site is unknown. Several places in Mesopotamia bore similar names (related to 'wall' or 'enclosure' in Akkadian). The narrative emphasizes the public, accessible location—a plain where all officials could assemble.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Daniel 3:1 sets the scene: 'Nebuchadnezzar... set up the image on the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon.' English, Spanish, and most languages preserve 'Dura' uniformly. The Septuagint's 'of the enclosure' may reflect etymological interpretation. The narrative function is clear: this is a grand public space for the coerced worship ceremony that will test the three Jewish youths. 1×
AR["دُورَا"]·ben["দূরার"]·DE["[דורא]"]·EN["Dura"]·FR["Dodanites"]·heb["דורא"]·HI["दूरा"]·ID["Dura"]·IT["[דורא]"]·jav["Dura"]·KO["두라"]·PT["Dura"]·RU["Дура"]·ES["Dura"]·SW["Dura"]·TR["Dura'nın"]·urd["دورا"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† דּוּרָא n.pr.loc. near Bab., only בִּקְעֶת ד׳ Dn 3:1, 𝔊 τοῦ περιβόλου (Syro-Hex. περίβολον), Θ Δεειρα; Dûru is name of several places in Babylonia DlPar. 216; Baer Dn. p. x, cf.AndrM 58*; Hoffm Pers. Märtyrer 164 f.; name of small river and mounds Opp Expéd. i. 238 f. (v. Dr); improb. expl. as = زور zôr, depression (name actually used of lower Euphr. and Tigris valleys) by Wetzst De Jes3 701 f.; Bab. dûru = wall.