STRONGS NUMBER G960


Word Summary
Beroia: Berea, a city of Macedonia
Original Word: Βέροια
Transliteration: Beroia
Phonetic Spelling: (ber'-oy-ah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: Berea, a city of Macedonia
Meaning: Berea -- a city of Macedonia
Strong's Concordance
Berea.

Perhaps a provincial from a derivative of peran (Peroea, i.e. The region beyond the coast-line); Beroea, a place in Macedonia -- Berea.

see GREEK peran

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 960: Βέροια

Βέροια, Βεροιας, (also Βερροια (i. e. well-watered)), Beraea, a city of Macedonia, near Pella, at the foot of Mount Bermius: Acts 17:10, 13.