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thessalonica


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Easton's  1897  Bible  Dictionary  [easton]: 
 
  Thessalonica 
  a  large  and  populous  city  on  the  Thermaic  bay.  It  was  the 
  capital  of  one  of  the  four  Roman  districts  of  Macedonia,  and  was 
  ruled  by  a  praetor.  It  was  named  after  Thessalonica,  the  wife  of 
  Cassander  who  built  the  city.  She  was  so  called  by  her  father, 
  Philip,  because  he  first  heard  of  her  birth  on  the  day  of  his 
  gaining  a  victory  over  the  Thessalians.  On  his  second  missionary 
  journey,  Paul  preached  in  the  synagogue  here  the  chief 
  synagogue  of  the  Jews  in  that  part  of  Macedonia,  and  laid  the 
  foundations  of  a  church  (Acts  17:1-4;  1  Thes.  1:9).  The  violence 
  of  the  Jews  drove  him  from  the  city,  when  he  fled  to  Berea  (Acts 
  17:5-10).  The  "rulers  of  the  city"  before  whom  the  Jews  "drew 
  Jason,"  with  whom  Paul  and  Silas  lodged,  are  in  the  original 
  called  politarchai  an  unusual  word  which  was  found  however, 
  inscribed  on  an  arch  in  Thessalonica.  This  discovery  confirms 
  the  accuracy  of  the  historian.  Paul  visited  the  church  here  on  a 
  subsequent  occasion  (20:1-3).  This  city  long  retained  its 
  importance.  It  is  the  most  important  town  of  European  Turkey, 
  under  the  name  of  Saloniki,  with  a  mixed  population  of  about 
  85,000. 
 
 
  From  Hitchcock's  Bible  Names  Dictionary  (late  1800's)  [hitchcock]: 
 
  Thessalonica,  victory  against  the  Thessalians 
 




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