a well; declaring
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
BERA.King of Sodom at time of Chedorlaomers invasion (Gen_14:2).
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
Be'ra. (son of evil). King of Sodom. Gen_14:2; Gen_14:17; Gen_14:21.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
bē?ra (בּרע, bera‛, ?gift?(?); compare HPN, 74 note): King of Sodom (Gen_14:2) who in the battle of Siddim was subdued by Chedorlaomer.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Bera
(Heb. id. בֶּרִע, gift, otherwise excellence, but more prob. for בֶּןאּרִע, son of evil; Sept. Βαλλά; Josephus, Βαλλάς, Ant. 1, 9, 1), king of Sodom at the time of the invasion of the five kings under Chedorlaomer (q.v.), which was repelled by Abraham (Gen_14:2; also 17 and 21). B.C. cir. 2077.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.