Dura

A written article for Dura is still to come. Below and alongside: where Dura appears in Scripture, with the original words, places on the map and any dates on record.

  • Dura
  • Dura (Tall al Lahm)
  • Dura (in Babylon 1)

Original word

  • דּוּרָא dura
    H1757
Citations
“Dura.” OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data. openbible.info/geo/ancient/dura. OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data · CC BY 4.0 Accessed 2026-07-21.
“Dura.” OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data. openbible.info/geo/ancient/dura. OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data · CC BY 4.0 Accessed 2026-07-21.
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Where Dura appears in Scripture

Daniel 3

נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר מַלְכָּא עֲבַד צְלֵם דִּֽי-דְהַב רוּמֵהּ אַמִּין שִׁתִּין פְּתָיֵהּ אַמִּין שִׁת אֲקִימֵהּ בְּבִקְעַת דּוּרָא בִּמְדִינַת בָּבֶֽל׃
1
Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.