דּוּר

dur · ball

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H1754 · appears 3 times in the Bible

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What it means

dur (דּוּר) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “ball”.

A ball, something round that is rolled.

How to say it

dur

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. Surrounding on every side.
  2. Something round that is rolled.
  3. A heap of wood or bones.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

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

  • circle ×1
  • like a ball ×1
  • pile ×1

Related words

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

Where it appears

  • Isaiah 22:18

    he will roll you up tightly in a roll, like a ball, into a land wide on every side; there you will die, and there will be the chariots of your glory, disgrace of the house of your master!

  • Isaiah 29:3

    And I will encamp in a circle against you, and I will besiege you with a guard post, and I will raise against you siege works.

  • Ezekiel 24:5

    Take the choicest of the flock, and also pile the bones under it; let its boiling boil; also let its bones be cooked in its midst.