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

Key facts

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

G2332

Θεσσαλονίκη · Thessalonikē

Glosses: Thessalonica

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

Indexed occurrences: 0

Source: STEPBible TBESG (based primarily on Abbott-Smith)

Complete dictionary entries

Hitchcock’s Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

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.

Source: A Biblical and Theological Dictionary · View data sources

Concordance

Concordance

Thessalonica

Indexed occurrences: 6

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Bible Names

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Thessalonica

Meaning:
victory against the Thessalians

Indexed occurrences: 0

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