noun · feminine
thessalonikas
GreekΘεσσαλονίκη (thessalonikē)
Strong’sG2332
Thessalonica
stem thessalonik-5 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books3 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
θεσσαλονίκη, -ης, ἡ,
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2332 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidthes-sal-on-ee'-kay
Thessalonice, a place in Asia Minor
Fromfrom Θεσσαλός (a Thessalian) and G3529;
King JamesThessalonica.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | thessalonikas | thessalonikais |
| object accusative | thessalonikan2×Θεσσαλονίκην | thessalonikain |
| direct address vocative | thessalonikar | thessalonikair |
| of, belonging to genitive | thessalonikau1×Θεσσαλονίκης | thessalonikaiu |
| to, for dative | thessalonika2×Θεσσαλονίκῃ | thessalonikai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
thessalonika is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
5 occurrences, every one of them listed
thessalonikan“Thessalonica”objectaccusative singular2×
Acts 17:1“Thessalonica”Diodeuaratois de tan Amfipolian kai tan Apollōnian erchala eis Thessalonikan, hopou ate sunagōgas toiu Ioudaioiu.When they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue.
2 Timothy 4:10“Thessalonica”Dēmaos gar min enkataleipata agaparatos ton nun aiōnon, kai poreuita eis Thessalonikan, Krēskos eis Galatian, Titos eis Dalmatian;because Demas, in his love of this world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.
thessalonikau“Thessalonica”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Acts 17:13“Thessalonica”hōs de gnōskala tois apo tau Thessalonikau Ioudaiois hoti kai en ta Beroia katangellita hupo tou Paulou tos logos tou theou, erchala kakei saleuarōtois kai tarassarōtois toin ochloin.But when the Jews from Thessalonica learned that Paul was also proclaiming the word of God in Berea, they went there themselves to incite and agitate the crowds.
thessalonika“Thessalonica”to, fordative singular2×
Acts 17:11“Thessalonica”houtois de ale eugenoterois toiu en Thessalonika, hotinois dechela ton logon meta pantau prothumiau, tem kata hēmeran anakrinarōtois tain grafain ei echatoiō houteim houtōs.Now the Bereans were more noble-minded than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if these teachings were true.
Philippians 4:16“Thessalonica”hoti kai en Thessalonika kai hapax kai dis eis tan chreian mi pempava.For even while I was in Thessalonica, you provided for my needs again and again.