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Lexicon :: Strong's G789 - assos

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Ἆσσος
Transliteration
assos (Key)
Pronunciation
as'-sos
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably of foreign origin
mGNT
2x in 1 unique form(s) TR
2x in 1 unique form(s) LXX
0x in 0 unique form(s)
Strong’s Definitions

Ἄσσος Ássos, as'-sos; probably of foreign origin; Assus, a city of Asia MInor:—Assos.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's G789 in the following manner: Assos (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's G789 in the following manner: Assos (2x).

  1. Assos = "approaching"

    1. a seaport of the Roman province of Asia in the district anciently called Mysia, on the north shore of the Gulf of Adramyttium, and about 7 miles (11 km) from Lesbos

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
Ἄσσος Ássos, as'-sos; probably of foreign origin; Assus, a city of Asia MInor:—Assos.
STRONGS G789:
Ἄσσος [so all editions, perhaps better -σσός; Chandler § 317, cf. § 319; Pape, Eigennamen under the word], -ου, ἡ, Assos, a maritime city in Asia Minor, on the Ægean Sea [Gulf of Adramyttium], and nine [according to Tab. Peuting. (edited by Fortia 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: Acts 20:13f; [formerly read also in Acts 27:13 after the Vulg.; cf. ἆσσον. See Papers of the Archæol. Inst. of America, Classical Series i. (1882) especially, pp. 60ff].
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Acts
20:13; 27:13

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Strong's Number G789 matches the Greek Ἆσσος (assos),
which occurs 2 times in 2 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 20:13

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:13 - But going ahead to the ship, we set sail for Assos, intending to take Paul aboard there, for so he had arranged, intending himself to go by land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 20:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:14 - And when he met us at Assos, we took him on board and went to Mitylene.
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