Βέροια
Beroia · Berea
Greek word · Strong’s number G960 · appears 2 times in the Bible
What is the Strong number?
Strong’s number identifies this word: use it to find the same word in other study tools.What it means
Beroia (Βέροια) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “Berea”.
A city of Macedonia.
How to say it
Be·roi·a
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.
The place
Berea
Today: Veria (Berea), northern Greece
A city of Macedonia in northern Greece, about 43 miles (70 km) west of Thessalonica.
The Bereans received the word eagerly and checked the Scriptures every day (Acts 17:11).
Related words
Comes from
Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Acts 17:10
And the brothers at once sent away both Paul and Silas by night to Berea; and they, on arriving, went into the synagogue of the Jews.
- Acts 17:13
But when the Jews from Thessalonica learned that the word of God had been proclaimed by Paul in Berea also, they came there too, agitating and stirring up the crowds.