adverb

asson

Greekἆσσον (asson)

Strong’sG788

nearer, close by

stem ass-once in the New Testament

Translated as

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What it means

* ἆσσον (Rec., after Vg., Ἄσσον),

adv. (compar. of ἄγχι, near),

nearer: Ac 27:13 (RV, close in shore; v. Bl., § 11, 3; 44, 3; poets, Ion, and late prose).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G788 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidas'-son

more nearly, i.e. very near

Fromneuter comparative of the base of G1451;

King Jamesclose.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

This word never changes. It is spelled the same wherever it appears, so there is nothing to learn beyond the word itself.

Words built on the same stem

assas — Ἆσσος, Assos

Where it appears

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

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Acts 27:13“close”Hupopnaratou de notou dokaratois tau prothesiau kratarē airaratois asson paralegele tan Krētan.When a gentle south wind began to blow, they thought they had their opportunity. So they weighed anchor and sailed along, hugging the coast of Crete.