Beraa

Beraa

(well watered ).

1. A city of Macedonia, mentioned in ( Acts 17:10 Acts 17:13 ) 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.