noun · feminine
beroias
GreekΒέροια (beroia)
Strong’sG960
Berea
stem beroi-2 times in the New Testament2 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
Βέροια, -ας, ἡ,
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G960 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidber'-oy-ah
Berœa, a place in Macedonia
Fromperhaps a provincial from a derivative of G4008 (Perœa, i.e. the region beyond the coast-line);
King JamesBerea.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | beroias | beroiais |
| object accusative | beroian1×Βέροιαν | beroiain |
| direct address vocative | beroiar | beroiair |
| of, belonging to genitive | beroiau | beroiaiu |
| to, for dative | beroia1×Βεροίᾳ | beroiai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
beroia is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
beroian“Berea”objectaccusative singular1×
Acts 17:10“Berea”Tois de adelfois eutheōs dia nuxau ekpempala ton tē Paulon kai ton Silaon eis Beroian, hotinois paragineratois eis tan sunagōgan toiu Ioudaioiu apeiale;As soon as night had fallen, the brothers sent Paul and Silas away to Berea. On arriving there, they went into the Jewish synagogue.
beroia“Berea”to, fordative singular1×
Acts 17:13“Berea”hōs de gnōskala tois apo tau Thessalonikau Ioudaiois hoti kai en ta Beroia katangellita hupo tou Paulou tos logos tou theou, erchala kakei saleuarōtois kai tarassarōtois toin ochloin.But when the Jews from Thessalonica learned that Paul was also proclaiming the word of God in Berea, they went there themselves to incite and agitate the crowds.