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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - Ἄσσος
Ἄσσος
G789
Transliteration: Ássos
Pronunciation: as'-sos
Definition: Assos
- Original: Ἄσσος - Transliteration: Assos - Phonetic: as'-sos
- Definition: 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
- Origin: probably of foreign origin - TDNT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Noun Location - Strong's: Probably of foreign origin; Assus a city of Asia Minor: - Assos.