King James Bible Dictionary

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.

same as Dor

(a circle), the plain where Nebuchadnezzar set up the golden image, (Daniel 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.

Daniel 3:1

DURABILITY, noun [See Durable.] The power of lasting or continuing, in any given state, without perishing; as the durability of cedar or oak timber; the durability of animal and vegetable life is very limited.

DURABLE, adjective [Latin , to last; hard.] Having the quality of lasting or continuing long in being, without perishing or wearing out as durable timber; durable cloth; durable happiness.

DURABLENESS, noun Power of lasting; durability; as the durableness of honest fame.

DURABLY, adverb In a lasting manner; with long continuance.

DURANCE, noun [Latin]

1. Imprisonment; restraint of the person; custody of the jailer.

2. Continuance; duration. [See Endurance.]

DURANT, noun A glazed woolen stuff; called by some everlasting.

DURATION, noun

1. Continuance in time; length or extension of existence, indefinitely; as the duration of life; the duration of a partnership; the duration of any given period of time; everlasting duration This holding on or continuance of time is divided by us arbitrarily into certain portions, as minutes, hours and days; or it is measured by a succession of events, as by the diurnal and annual revolutions of the earth, or any other succession; and the interval between two events is called a part of duration This interval may be of any indefinite length, a minute or a century.

2. Power of continuance.