Strong’s G960 · Greek
Βέροια
Béroia · ber'-oy-ah
Origin perhaps a provincial from a derivative of πέραν (G4008) (Perœa, i.e. the region beyond the coast-line);
Meaning Berœa, a place in Macedonia
In the King James Version Berea.
In 2 verses of the King James Version
- Acts 17:10And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews.
- Acts 17:13But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word of God was preached of Paul at Berea, they came thither also, and stirred up the people.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.