788. asson
Strong's Concordance
asson: nearer
Original Word: ἆσσον
Part of Speech: Adverb, Comparative
Transliteration: asson
Phonetic Spelling: (as'-son)
Definition: nearer
Usage: nearer, close by.
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
cptv. adverb of agchi (near)
Definition
nearer
NASB Translation
close (1).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 788: ἆσσον

ἆσσον, adverb, nearer (comparative of ἄγχι near (cf. ἐγγύς)): Acts 27:13 (here Rec.st Ασσον (or Ασσον, which see), Rec.bez elz ἆσσον (cf. Tdf. at the passage); but see Meyer). (Homer, Herodotus, tragic poets; Josephus, Antiquities 19, 2, 4.)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
close.

Neuter comparative of the base of eggus; more nearly, i.e. Very near -- close.

see GREEK eggus

Forms and Transliterations
ασσον άσσον ἆσσον asson âsson
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Englishman's Concordance
Acts 27:13 Adv
GRK: κεκρατηκέναι ἄραντες ἆσσον παρελέγοντο τὴν
NAS: Crete, close [inshore].
KJV: [thence], they sailed close by Crete.
INT: to have gained having weighed [anchor] very near they coasted along

Strong's Greek 788
1 Occurrence


ἆσσον — 1 Occ.

















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