BEROEA (anc. geog.), a noble city of Macedonia, to the south of Edeessa, or Egæ, and south-east of Cyrtus. The people are commended in Scripture for their reception of the Gospel on a fair and impartial examination.—Another Beroea of Syria (Stephanus); called also Beres, and by the inhabitants Beroëa. It is the standing tradition for some ages, that it is the modern Aleppo; called Chalep in Nicetas, Nicephorus, and Zonaras; from which it is supposed the present appellation Aleppo is derived; distant 90 miles from the Levant Sea and the port of Scanderoon, and about 100 miles west of the Euphrates. E. Long. 36. o. Lat. 36. 30.