Θεσσαλονίκη,
-ης,
ἡ,
Thessalonica (now
Saloniki), a celebrated and populous city, situated on the Thermaic Gulf, the capital of the second [(there were four; cf. Livy 45:29)] division of Macedonia and the residence of a Roman governor and quaestor. It was anciently called
Therme, but was rebuilt by Cassander, the son of Antipater, and called by its new name [which first appears in Polybius 23, 11, 2] in honor of his wife Thessalonica, the sister of Alexander the Great; cf. Strabo 7, 330. Here Paul the apostle founded a Christian church:
Acts 17:1, 11, 13;
Philippians 4:16;
2 Timothy 4:10.
[BB. DD. under the word;
Lewin, St. Paul, 1, 225ff.]
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's
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Acts
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17:1; 17:11; 17:13
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Philippians
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4:16
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2 Timothy
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4:10
