Βέροια G0960
Berea, a city in Macedonia known for its noble-minded inhabitants
This proper noun identifies Berea (modern Veria), a significant city in southwestern Macedonia where Paul and Silas preached after fleeing Thessalonica. Acts commends the Berean Jews as 'more noble-minded than those in Thessalonica' because they received the word with eagerness and examined the Scriptures daily to verify Paul's teaching (Acts 17:10-15). The city became known in Christian tradition for this exemplary response to apostolic preaching. Both New Testament occurrences appear in the same narrative, describing Paul and Silas's arrival in Berea and the later arrival of Thessalonian agitators who pursued them there.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Acts 17:10 records Paul and Silas being sent by night to Berea, where they found a more receptive audience than in Thessalonica. Acts 17:13 describes how Jews from Thessalonica came to Berea to continue opposing Paul's ministry. The city's name appears in dative form in both verses, maintaining standard Greek case usage for location. Spanish 'Bérea', French 'Bérée', and German forms preserve the basic transliteration. The Bereans' reputation for carefully examining Scripture against apostolic teaching made their city's name synonymous with discerning, Scripture-focused faith. 2×
AR["بيريَةَ"]·ben["বেরিয়াতে"]·DE["Βέροιαν", "Βεροίᾳ"]·EN["Beroia"]·FR["Bérée"]·heb["בֵּרוֹיָא"]·HI["बिरिया"]·ID["Berea"]·IT["Berea"]·jav["Beréa"]·KO["베뢰아로", "베뢰아에서도"]·RU["Верии", "Верию"]·ES["Bérea"]·SW["Berea"]·TR["Veriya'da", "Veriya'ya"]·urd["بیریہ"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
Βέροια, -ας, ἡ, Berœa, a city of Macedonia: Act.17:10, 13.† (From Abbott-Smith. LSJ has no entry)