- Transliteration: thessalonike

- Phonetic: thes-sal-on-ee'-kay

- Definition: 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

- Origin: from thessalos (a thessalian) and G3529" class="dictionary-topic-link">G3529

- TDNT entry: None

- Part(s) of speech: Noun Location

- Strong's: From Θεσσαλός Thessalos (a thessalian) and G3529" class="dictionary-topic-link">G3529; Thessalonice a place in Asia Minor: - Thessalonica.