Strong's #2332: Thessalonike (pronounced thes-sal-on-ee'-kay)

from Thessalos (a Thessalian) and 3529; Thessalonice, a place in Asia Minor:--Thessalonica.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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Thessalonikē

Thessalonica = "victory of falsity"

1) a famous and populous city, situated on the Thermaic Gulf, the capital of the second division of Macedonia and the residence of a Roman governor and quaestor

Part of Speech: noun proper locative

Relation: from Thessalos (a Thessalian) and G3529

Usage:

This word is used 5 times:

 

Acts 17:1: "Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the"
Acts 17:11: "more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word"
Acts 17:13: "the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word"
Philippians 4:16: "For even in Thessalonica ye sent once and again"
2 Timothy 4:10: "and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus"