Berean

American  

[buh-ree-uhn] / bəˈri ən /

adjective

1. History/Historical. of or relating to Beroea, an ancient city in Macedonia.

2. Christianity. characterized by careful and rigorous study of the Bible.

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noun

• Bereans
  plural

1. History/Historical. a native or inhabitant of Beroea, an ancient city in Macedonia.

2. a native or inhabitant of any of the modern towns and cities named after this ancient city.

3. Christianity. a person who studies the Bible carefully and rigorously.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• Bereans
  plural

Example Sentences

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“We are still feeling the pains of the economic reset,” said Stephen Broden, a Black conservative who founded Ebony Berean to fight the culture wars in Black communities.

From Washington Times ● Nov. 27, 2023

Pastor John Payton, a licensed minister with the Berean Fellowship of Churches, is to officiate.

From New York Times ● Jun. 2, 2018

Rebecca Sykes, a 36-year-old mother of five, brought her family to Berean Baptist Church in North Carolina to see the man she and her children learn about during their homeschooling sessions.

From MSNBC ● Oct. 24, 2015

And on Monday only, at 1:30 p.m., the Berean Community Drumline, an organization for teenagers in the Crown Heights neighborhood, will celebrate black history with percussion and dance.

From New York Times ● Jan. 16, 2014

He organized and set in circulation the Berean Uniform Lessons for his denomination, an important link in the chain of events which in 1873 made the Sunday School lessons uniform throughout America and the world.

From The Story of Chautauqua by Jesse Lyman Hurlbut

I call upon you to be Bereans in architecture, as you are in religion, and to search into these things for yourselves.

From Lectures on Architecture and Painting Delivered at Edinburgh in November 1853 by John Ruskin

Every important point in the sermon would be afterward investigated, and, like the noble Bereans, I searched the Scriptures daily, "to see whether those things were so."

From Autobiography of Frank G. Allen, Minister of the Gospel and Selections from his Writings by Robert Graham

The Bereans were commended for their attention and diligence in this respect.

From Address to the Inhabitants of the Colonies, established in New South Wales And Norfolk Island by Richard Johnson

The Bereans were counted noble upon this account: 'These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the Word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily,' &c.

From Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 by John Bunyan

Thessalonica and its rulers, 100 The more noble Bereans, 101 Athens and its ancient glory, ib.

From The Ancient Church Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitution by W. D. (William Dool) Killen