Beraa

Smith’s Bible Dictionary

“Beraa” means 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.
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