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Berea
        (well watered).
        1. A city of Macedonia, mentioned in Ac 17:10,13 It is now called Verria or Kara-Verria, and is situated on the eastern slope of the Olympian mountain range, and has 15,000 or 20,000 inhabitants.
        2. The modern Aleppo, mentioned in 2 Macc. 13:4.
        3. A place in Judea, apparently not very far from Jerusalem. 1 Macc. 9:4.


Bibliography Information
Smith, William, Dr "Meaning and Definition for 'berea' in Smiths Bible Dictionary".
bible-history.com - Smith's; 1901.

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