GREEK · G789
Ἄσσος
Assos — Assos
Ἄσσος, -ου (also Ἀσσός, -οῦ), ή Assos, a city on the E. coast of Asia Minor: Act.20:13-14 (see: ἆσσον).† (AS)
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Assos
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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GREEK · G1337
διθάλασσος
dithalassos — sandbar
διθάλασσος, -ον (δις, θύλασσα); 1. divided into two seas (as the Euxine, Strab., ii, 522). 2. dividing the sea: τόπον δ., a tongue of land, or reef, running out into the sea: Act.27:41.† (AS)
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A sea-port town of Proconsular Asia, in the district of Mysia, on the north shore of the Gulf of Adramyttium. Paul came hither on foot along the Roman road from Troas (Acts 20:13, 14), a distance of 20 miles. It was about 30 miles distant from Troas by sea. The island of Lesbos lay opposite it, about 7 miles distant.
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Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.