Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
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.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898) & Schaff's Bible Dictionary
BERE'A, a city of Macedonia, Acts 17:10-13, on the eastern side of the Olympian Mountains; now Verriu, with a population of about 6000, though some incorrectly give 20,000.
Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869)
heavy; weighty