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3 definitions found From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Berea, KY (city, FIPS 5842) Location: 37.57672 N, 84.29360 W Population (1990): 9126 (3481 housing units) Area: 20.1 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 40403 Berea, OH (city, FIPS 5690) Location: 41.36990 N, 81.86273 W Population (1990): 19051 (7242 housing units) Area: 14.1 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 44017 Berea, SC (CDP, FIPS 5770) Location: 34.88154 N, 82.46506 W Population (1990): 13535 (5629 housing units) Area: 19.8 sq km (land), 0.6 sq km (water) Berea, WV Zip code(s): 26327 From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Berea a city of Macedonia to which Paul with Silas and Timotheus went when persecuted at Thessalonica (Acts 17:10, 13), and from which also he was compelled to withdraw, when he fled to the sea-coast and thence sailed to Athens (14, 15). Sopater, one of Paul's companions belonged to this city, and his conversion probably took place at this time (Acts 20:4). It is now called Verria From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: Berea, heavy; weighty
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