Strong's Lexicon
G789 — Ἄσσος
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G789 |
|---|---|
| Word: | Ἄσσος |
| Part of Speech: | Name Location |
| Etymology: | probably of foreign origin |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 2 |
| Transliteration: | Assos |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | as'-sos |
| Meaning: | 1. Assus, a city of Asia MInor |
| KJV Renderings: | Assos |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Ασσος (so all editions, perhaps better Ασσος; Chandler § 317, cf. § 319; Pape, Eigennamen under the word), Ἀσσου, ἡ, Assos, a maritime city in Asia Minor, on the Aegean Sea (Gulf of Adramyttium), and nine (according to Tab. Peuting. (edited by Fortin d’Urban, Paris 1845, p. 170) 20 to 25) miles (see Hackett on Acts as below) distant (to the south) from Troas, a city of Lesser Phrygia: Act 20:13 f; (formerly read also in Act 27:13 after the Vulg.; cf. ἆσσον. See Papers of the Archaeol. Inst. of America, Classical Series i. (1882) especially, pp. 60ff).
Englishman's Greek Concordance
Ἄσσος (Assos)
Acts 20:13
- KJV: And we went before to ship and sailed unto Assos there intending to take in Paul for so had he appointed minding himself to go afoot
- GK: ημείς δε προελθόντες επί το πλοίον ανήχθημεν εις την Άσσον εκείθεν μέλλοντες αναλαμβάνειν τον Παύλον ούτω γαρ ην διατεταγμένος μέλλων αυτός πεζεύειν
Acts 20:14
- KJV: And when he met with us at Assos we took him in and came to Mitylene
- GK: ως δε συνέβαλεν ημίν εις την Άσσον αναλαβόντες αυτόν ήλθομεν εις Μιτυλήνην