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Thessalonica

A celebrated city in Macedonia, and capital of that kingdom, standing upon the Thesmaic Sea. Stephen of Byzantium says that it was improved and beautified by Philip, king of Macedon, and called Thessalonica in memory of the victory that he obtained over the Thessalians. Thessalonica is rendered in the installed Bible Names resource as “victory against the Thessalians.” This unified study connects 7 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.

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  • Historical Reference: Nave’s Topical Bible — Public domain
  • Historical Reference: Hitchcock’s Bible Names Dictionary (1869)
  • Historical Reference: Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
  • Historical Reference: A Biblical and Theological Dictionary
  • Historical Reference: concordance
  • Historical Reference: STEPBible TBESG (based primarily on Abbott-Smith)
  • Historical Reference: Installed reference work

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Subject type
Subject
Strong’s
G2332
Greek
Θεσσαλονίκη · Thessalonikē
Name meaning
victory against the Thessalians According to Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Strong’s and original-language information

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

Θεσσαλονίκη

G2332
Transliteration
Thessalonikē
Language
Greek
Part of speech
N:N-F-L
Indexed occurrences
5

Glosses

Thessalonica

Lexicon definition

θεσσαλονίκη, -ης, ἡ Thessalonica, a city of Macedonia: Act.17:1, 11 17:13, Php.4:16, 2Ti.4:10.† (AS)

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

Θεσσαλονίκη

G2332
Transliteration
Thessaloníkē
Language
Greek
Indexed occurrences
5

Glosses

Thessalonica

Lexicon definition

Thessalonice, a place in Asia Minor

Hebrew lexical coverage

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Complete dictionary entries

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Thessalonica

victory against the Thessalians

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A Biblical and Theological Dictionary

THESSALONICA

a celebrated city in Macedonia, and capital of that kingdom, standing upon the Thesmaic Sea. Stephen of Byzantium says that it was improved and beautified by Philip, king of Macedon, and called Thessalonica in memory of the victory that he obtained over the Thessalians. Its old name was Thesma. The Jews had a synagogue here, and their number was considerable, Acts xvii.

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Concordance

Strong's Concordance

Thessalonica

Indexed occurrences: 6

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All Scripture references8 references

Topical Bible

Bible Names

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Thessalonica

Meaning:
victory against the Thessalians

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