Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:
(watered). (1) A city of Macedonia (Acts 17:1-15).
Concise Bible Dictionary:
City of Macedonia, visited by Paul, where he found some Jews who were more noble than those of Thessalonica, inasmuch as they tested by the scriptures what Paul preached: to which is added “therefore many of them believed.” Sopater was of this city. It is now called Kara Verria, on the eastern slope of the Olympian range (Acts 17:10,13; Acts 20:4).
Strong’s Dictionary of Greek Words:
Meaning:
perhaps a provincial from a derivative of 4008 (Peroea, i.e. the region beyond the coast-line); Beroea, a place in Macedonia
Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:
the pierced: the beyond
Potts’ Bible Proper Names:
Heavy; region beyond:―a place in Macedonia, Acts 17:10. {Gravis}