Ἄσσος G0789
Assos, a seaport city in the Roman province of Asia
A Greek city on the northwest coast of Asia Minor (modern Turkey), located on the southern shore of the Gulf of Adramyttium. Acts 20:13-14 describes Paul's travel itinerary: his companions sailed from Troas to Assos while Paul went by land, meeting them there before continuing to Mitylene. The land route was about 20 miles shorter than sailing around Cape Lectum. Assos was known for its steep acropolis and sarcophagi made from local stone.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Both Acts references (20:13-14) narrate the same event from slightly different angles: the plan to meet at Assos (v.13) and its fulfillment (v.14). Paul's decision to walk while others sailed may have been for pastoral reasons (visiting believers) or personal preference for land travel. All language witnesses transliterate the city name uniformly, with German using 'Ἆσσον' showing the accusative case form that appears in the Greek text. 2×
AR["أَسُّوسَ"]·ben["আস্সা", "আস্সায়"]·DE["Ἆσσον"]·EN["Assos"]·FR["Assos"]·heb["אַסּוֹס"]·HI["अस्सुस"]·ID["Asos"]·IT["Asso"]·jav["Asos,"]·KO["앗소에", "앗소에서"]·PT["Asso,"]·RU["Асс,", "Ассе,"]·ES["Asos"]·SW["Aso"]·TR["Assos'a", "Assos'ta"]·urd["اسّوس"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
Ἄσσος, -ου (also Ἀσσός, -οῦ), ή Assos, a city on the E. coast of Asia Minor: Act.20:13-14 (see: ἆσσον).† (From Abbott-Smith. LSJ has no entry)