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# dura

noun

«dura» in the English dictionary: in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## In Jewish tradition

In Daniel, Dura is where Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah refused to bow to the image.

**Interpretation.** Tradition praises the three friends as heroes who chose to die rather than worship an idol.

### Meaning

The name of a plain in Babylon where King Nebuchadnezzar set up a giant gold statue. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dura/#m1)

### Examples

- 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. (Writings DAN.3.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dura/#x1)

### Note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «dura» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dura/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«dura» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/dura.html) on Mova free.