Thessalonike names the place reached, left for, compared with, and recalled in several New Testament scenes.

The attested forms consistently identify a place: people come to it or go to it, are described in relation to it, and are associated with events occurring there.

1. Place named in movement and local association · dominant

   The accusative form occurs with travel in Acts 17:1 and 2 Timothy 4:10: in Acts 17:1 the APB renders that travelers “came to Thessalonica,” and in 2 Timothy 4:10 that Demas “has gone to Thessalonica.” The dative and genitive forms mark local or source-related association: Acts 17:11 compares men with “those in Thessalonica,” Acts 17:13 identifies Jews “from Thessalonica,” and Philippians 4:16 recalls support given “in Thessalonica.”

   Acts 17:1Acts 17:11Acts 17:13Philippians 4:162 Timothy 4:10

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the cited verses, the APB presents the term as “Thessalonica” in travel, comparison, origin, and local-setting clauses. These renderings confirm the verse contexts rather than isolate every grammatical contribution of the Greek forms.