English Explanatory Dictionary

Berean

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An inhabitant of the ancient city of Berea in what is now northern Greece.
  2. A member of an 18th-century Scottish Protestant sect who derived all knowledge of God from the Bible.
  3. Someone who is meticulous in the study of the Scriptures.
adj
  1. Meticulous in the study of the Scriptures.

Word forms

Berean Bereans more Berean most Berean

Etymology

From Berea + -an. Protestants adopted the name in reference to the Bible, Acts 17: "These [Berea] were more noble than those in Thessalonica in that they received the word with all readiness of mind and searched the scriptures daily whether those things were so."

Synonyms

Barclayan Barclayite
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