How to Pronounce Berea
beh-REE-uh
Berea is pronounced beh-REE-uh (bɛˈriːə): three syllables, stress on the second.
What does Berea mean?
Berea means “heavy; weighty”.
Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.
Where was Berea?
Berea was a city where Paul and Silas preached after leaving Thessalonica (Acts 17:10). Its people were called more noble than the Thessalonians because they received the word readily and searched the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so (Acts 17:11).
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