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.

The name of a plain in Babylon where King Nebuchadnezzar set up a giant gold statue. tree →

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 →

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