Dura
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generation, habitation
(same as Dor)
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
Now Duair, S.E. of Babil (Dan_3:1). Oppert found there the pedestal of a colossal statue.
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Du'ra. (a circle). The plain where Nebuchadnezzar set up the golden image, Dan_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.
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.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
dū?ra (דּוּרא, dūrā'): 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 (Dan_3:1). Oppert placed it to the Southeast of Babylon, near a small river and mounds bearing the name of Douair or Dûair, where, also, was what seemed to be the base of a great statue (Exp?d. scientifique en M?sopotamie, I, 238 f). Others have believed that name to indicate a portion of the actual site of Babylon within the great wall (dûru) of the city - perhaps the rampart designated dûr Šu-anna, ?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 Dûru, which seems to have lain in the neighborhood of Erech (Hommel, Grundriss, 264, note 5). It is noteworthy that the Septuagint substitutes Δεειρά, Deeirá, for Dura, suggesting that the Greek translators identified it with the Babylonian Dêru, a city which apparently lay toward the Elamite border. It seems to have been called also Dûr-ı̂li, ?god's rampart.? That it was at some distance is supported by the list WAI, IV, 36 [38, where Dûru, Tutul and Gudua (Cuthah), intervene between Dêru or Dûr-ı̂li and Tindir (Babylon). ?The plain of the dûr? or ?rampart? within Babylon would therefore seem to be the best rendering.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Du?ra, the plain in which Nebuchadnezzar set up his golden image (Dan_3:1). 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.
The Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature
by John Kitto.
Dura
(Chal. Dura, דּוּרָא, the circle, i.e., Hebrew דּוּרso the Sept. renders, τὸ περίβολον, but v.r. Δεείρα; Vulg. Dura), the plain where Nebuchadnezzar set up his golden colossus to be adored (Dan_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 (Gen_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.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.
(same as Dor)
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
Now Duair, S.E. of Babil (Dan_3:1). Oppert found there the pedestal of a colossal statue.
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Du'ra. (a circle). The plain where Nebuchadnezzar set up the golden image, Dan_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.
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.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
dū?ra (דּוּרא, dūrā'): 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 (Dan_3:1). Oppert placed it to the Southeast of Babylon, near a small river and mounds bearing the name of Douair or Dûair, where, also, was what seemed to be the base of a great statue (Exp?d. scientifique en M?sopotamie, I, 238 f). Others have believed that name to indicate a portion of the actual site of Babylon within the great wall (dûru) of the city - perhaps the rampart designated dûr Šu-anna, ?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 Dûru, which seems to have lain in the neighborhood of Erech (Hommel, Grundriss, 264, note 5). It is noteworthy that the Septuagint substitutes Δεειρά, Deeirá, for Dura, suggesting that the Greek translators identified it with the Babylonian Dêru, a city which apparently lay toward the Elamite border. It seems to have been called also Dûr-ı̂li, ?god's rampart.? That it was at some distance is supported by the list WAI, IV, 36 [38, where Dûru, Tutul and Gudua (Cuthah), intervene between Dêru or Dûr-ı̂li and Tindir (Babylon). ?The plain of the dûr? or ?rampart? within Babylon would therefore seem to be the best rendering.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Du?ra, the plain in which Nebuchadnezzar set up his golden image (Dan_3:1). 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.
The Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature
by John Kitto.
Dura
(Chal. Dura, דּוּרָא, the circle, i.e., Hebrew דּוּרso the Sept. renders, τὸ περίβολον, but v.r. Δεείρα; Vulg. Dura), the plain where Nebuchadnezzar set up his golden colossus to be adored (Dan_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 (Gen_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.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.
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