Category:Dura

Du"ra, n.

Defn: Short form for Dura mater.

---excerpt from the Illustrated Bible Dictionary.

Dura - The circle, the plain near Babylon in which Nebuchadnezzar set up a golden image, mentioned in Daniel 3:1. The place still retains its ancient name. On one of its many mounds the pedestal of what must have been a colossal statue has been found. It has been supposed to be that of the golden image.