G789 – Assos – ἆσσος – Assos
- Strong’s ID:
- G789
- Greek Word:
- ἆσσος
- Transliteration:
- Assos
- Pronunciation:
- as’-sos
- Part of Speech:
- noun proper locative
- Usage Count:
- 2
- Search:
- Find “Assos” in the Bible (New Testament)
Strong’s Greek Lexicon
probably of foreign origin; Assus, a city of Asia MInor:—Assos.
Owing to changes in the enumeration while in progress, there were no words left for numbers 2717 and 3203–3302, which were therefore silently dropped out of the vocabulary and references as redundant.
Thayer’s Greek Definitions
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
Thayer’s Definitions are as edited by the Online Bible of Winterbourne, Ontario. They removed the etymology, cross-references, and Greek phrases and changed some of Thayer’s Unitarian doctrinal positions concerning the work and person of Christ.