dur · dwell

What it means

dur (דּוּר) is an Aramaic word of the Bible that means “dwell”.

To dwell, to live in a place (Aramaic).

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To reside in a place; those dwelling there.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• live ×3
• inhabitants ×2
• lived ×2

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Daniel 2:38

  and wherever the sons of man live, the animals of the field and the birds of the heavens, he has given them into your hand and made you rule over all of them; you are the head of gold.

• Daniel 4:1

  King Nebuchadnezzar, to all the peoples, nations, and languages that live in all the earth: May your peace increase!

• Daniel 4:12

  Its foliage was beautiful and its fruit abundant, and there was food for all in it; under it the animals of the field found shade, and in its branches the birds of the heavens lived, and from it all flesh was fed.

• Daniel 4:21

  and whose foliage was beautiful and its fruit abundant, and in which there was food for all in it, under which the animals of the field lived, and in whose branches the birds of the heavens dwelt:

• Daniel 4:35

  And all the inhabitants of the earth are counted as nothing, and according to his will he does among the army of the heavens and the inhabitants of the earth; and there is no one who can stay his hand or say to him, “What have you done?”

• Daniel 6:25

  Then King Darius wrote to all the peoples, nations, and languages that live in all the earth: “May your peace increase!

And 1 more times.