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<p> '''''dū´ra''''' ( דּוּרא , <i> '''''dūrā'''''' </i> ): The name of the plain on which Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, set up the great golden image which all his subjects were ordered to worship ( Daniel 3:1 ). Oppert placed it to the Southeast of Babylon, near a small river and mounds bearing the name of <i> '''''Douair''''' </i> or <i> '''''Dûair''''' </i> , where, also, was what seemed to be the base of a great statue ( <i> Expéd. scientifique en Mésopotamie </i> , I, 238 f). Others have believed that name to indicate a portion of the actual site of [[Babylon]] within the great wall ( <i> '''''dûru''''' </i> ) of the city - perhaps the rampart designated <i> '''''dûr Šu''''' </i> - <i> '''''anna''''' </i> , "the rampart (of the city) Lofty-defense," a name of Babylon. The fact that the plain was within the city of Babylon precludes an identification with the city <i> '''''Dûru''''' </i> , which seems to have lain in the neighborhood of [[Erech]] (Hommel, <i> Grundriss </i> , 264, note 5). It is noteworthy that the [[Septuagint]] substitutes Δεειρά , <i> '''''Deeirá''''' </i> , for Dura, suggesting that the [[Greek]] translators identified it with the [[Babylonian]] <i> '''''Dêru''''' </i> , a city which apparently lay toward the [[Elamite]] border. It seems to have been called also <i> '''''Dûr''''' </i> - <i> '''''ı̂li''''' </i> , "god's rampart." That it was at some distance is supported by the list <i> WAI </i> , IV, 36 [38, where <i> '''''Dûru''''' </i> , <i> '''''Tutul''''' </i> and <i> '''''Gudua''''' </i> (Cuthah), intervene between <i> '''''Dêru''''' </i> or <i> '''''Dûr''''' </i> - <i> '''''ı̂li''''' </i> and <i> '''''Tindir''''' </i> (Babylon). "The plain of the <i> '''''dûr''''' </i> " or "rampart" within Babylon would therefore seem to be the best rendering. </p> | |||
== American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_15878" /> == | |||
<p> The plain in [[Babylon]] where [[Nebuchadnezzar]] set up his golden image. Daniel 3:1 . </p> | |||
== Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_31250" /> == | |||
Daniel 3:1 <p> </p> | |||
== Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_35126" /> == | |||
<p> Now Duair, S.E. of Babil ( Daniel 3:1). Oppert found there the pedestal of a colossal statue. </p> | |||
== Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_39768" /> == | |||
Daniel 3:1 <p> </p> | |||
== Hitchcock's Bible Names <ref name="term_45464" /> == | |||
== Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_65834" /> == | |||
<p> [[Plain]] in the province of Babylon, where Nebuchadnezzar's golden image was set up. Daniel 3:1 . Perhaps the same as <i> Duair, </i> S.E. <i> </i> of Babylon. </p> | |||
== People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_69983" /> == | |||
<p> Dura ( dû'rah), circle. The place where [[Nebuchadnezzar]] set up his golden image. Daniel 3:1. Layard identifies it with Dur, below Tekrit, on the east bank of the Tigris; but Oppert would place it, with more probability, to the southeast of Babylon, near a mound called Dúair, where he found the pedestal of a colossal statue. </p> | |||
== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_72262" /> == | |||
<p> Du'ra. (a circle). The plain where [[Nebuchadnezzar]] set up the golden image, Daniel 3:1, has been sometimes identified with a tract a little below Tekrit, on the left bank of the Tigris, where the name Dur is still found. </p> <p> M. Oppert places the plain, (or, as he calls it, the "valley"), of Dura to the southeast of Babylon, in the vicinity of the mound of Dowair or Duair, where was found the pedestal of a huge statue. </p> | |||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_3022" /> == | |||
<p> '''''dū´ra''''' ( דּוּרא , <i> '''''dūrā'''''' </i> ): The name of the plain on which Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, set up the great golden image which all his subjects were ordered to worship ( Daniel 3:1 ). Oppert placed it to the Southeast of Babylon, near a small river and mounds bearing the name of <i> '''''Douair''''' </i> or <i> '''''Dûair''''' </i> , where, also, was what seemed to be the base of a great statue ( <i> Expéd. scientifique en Mésopotamie </i> , I, 238 f). Others have believed that name to indicate a portion of the actual site of [[Babylon]] within the great wall ( <i> '''''dûru''''' </i> ) of the city - perhaps the rampart designated <i> '''''dûr Šu''''' </i> - <i> '''''anna''''' </i> , "the rampart (of the city) Lofty-defense," a name of Babylon. The fact that the plain was within the city of Babylon precludes an identification with the city <i> '''''Dûru''''' </i> , which seems to have lain in the neighborhood of [[Erech]] (Hommel, <i> Grundriss </i> , 264, note 5). It is noteworthy that the [[Septuagint]] substitutes Δεειρά , <i> '''''Deeirá''''' </i> , for Dura, suggesting that the [[Greek]] translators identified it with the [[Babylonian]] <i> '''''Dêru''''' </i> , a city which apparently lay toward the [[Elamite]] border. It seems to have been called also <i> '''''Dûr''''' </i> - <i> '''''ı̂li''''' </i> , "god's rampart." That it was at some distance is supported by the list <i> WAI </i> , IV, 36 [38, where <i> '''''Dûru''''' </i> , <i> '''''Tutul''''' </i> and <i> '''''Gudua''''' </i> (Cuthah), intervene between <i> '''''Dêru''''' </i> or <i> '''''Dûr''''' </i> - <i> '''''ı̂li''''' </i> and <i> '''''Tindir''''' </i> (Babylon). "The plain of the <i> '''''dûr''''' </i> " or "rampart" within Babylon would therefore seem to be the best rendering. </p> | |||
== Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_15455" /> == | |||
<p> Du´ra, the plain in which [[Nebuchadnezzar]] set up his golden image . It is clear from the context that 'the plain of Dura' could be no other than that plain (or some part of it) in which [[Babylon]] itself was situated. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> | |||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_38149" /> == | |||
<p> (Chal. Dura, דּוּרָא, the circle, i.e., [[Hebrew]] דּוּר so the Sept. renders, τὸ περίβολον, but v.r. Δεείρα; Vulg. Dura), the plain where [[Nebuchadnezzar]] set up his golden colossus to be adored ( Daniel 3:1). Interpreters usually compare Dura to a city mentioned by Aminian. Marcell (25:6), situated near the [[Tigris]] ( Mannert, 5:462); or another of the same name ( Δεηρά ) in [[Polybius]] (5:48, 16) and Ammian. Marcell (23:5), on the Euphrates, near the mouth of the Chaboras, 7 miles from Carchemish; or, finally, one of a similar name ( Δεηρά ) in Susiana ( Ptol. 6:3, 3). But these quarters are all too distant from [[Babylon]] to have been historically possible, as it is clear from the context that "the plain of Drea" could be no other than that plain (or some part of it) in which Babylon itself was situated (Herod. 1:178), i.e., [[Shinar]] ( [[Genesis]] 11:2). Even against the first of these locations, the tract a little below Tekrit, on the left bank of the Tigris (Layard, Nin. and Bab. page 469), where the name Dur is still found, there are the following objections: (1) this tract probably never belonged to Babylon; (2) at any rate, it is too far from the capital to be the place where the image was set up, for the plain of Dura was in the province or district of Babylon ( בַּמְדַּינִתבָּבֶל ), and therefore in the vicinity of the city; (3) the name Dur, in its modern use, is applicable to any plain. M. Oppert places the plain (or, as he calls it, the "valley") of Dura to the south-east of Babylon, in the vicinity of the mound of Dowair or Duair. He has discovered on this site the pedestal of a colossal statue, and regards the modern name as a corruption of the ancient appellation. The Talmudical notice (Sanhedr. fol. 92, 2: מנהר אשׁל עד רבה בקעת דורא ) is olscure (Buxtorf, Lex. Talm. col. 520). See Lakemacher, Observ. philol. 7:28 sq. (See [[Babylon]]). </p> | |||
==References == | |||
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<ref name="term_15878"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/american-tract-society-bible-dictionary/dura Dura from American Tract Society Bible Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_31250"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/easton-s-bible-dictionary/dura Dura from Easton's Bible Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_35126"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/fausset-s-bible-dictionary/dura Dura from Fausset's Bible Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_39768"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/holman-bible-dictionary/dura Dura from Holman Bible Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_45464"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hitchcock-s-bible-names/dura Dura from Hitchcock's Bible Names]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_65834"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/morrish-bible-dictionary/dura Dura from Morrish Bible Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_69983"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/people-s-dictionary-of-the-bible/dura Dura from People's Dictionary of the Bible]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_72262"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/smith-s-bible-dictionary/dura Dura from Smith's Bible Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_3022"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/dura Dura from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_15455"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/kitto-s-popular-cyclopedia-of-biblial-literature/dura Dura from Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_38149"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/dura Dura from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | |||
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