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Beraa

Smith’s Bible Dictionary · William Smith, F. N. Peloubet, M. A. Peloubet

(well watered).
  1. A city of Macedonia, mentioned in (Acts 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.

Source of the article

William Smith; revised by F. N. Peloubet and M. A. Peloubet; CrossWire SWORD module Smith 1.3

Bible Strong digital edition from CrossWire module 1.3, based on the 1884 Peloubet revision with later digital enrichments preserved