adverb
asson
Strong’sG788
nearer, close by
stem ass-once in the New Testamentnever changes form
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
* ἆσσον (Rec., after Vg., Ἄσσον),
adv. (compar. of ἄγχι, near),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.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
(Doric dialect ἄσσιον accusative to Refsadverb comparative of ἄγχι:— nearer, especially of hostile approach, ἆσσον ἴτ᾽Refs 8th c.BC+; simply of approach, γυναῖχ᾽ ὁρῶ στείχουσαν ἡμῶν ἆ.Refs 5th c.BC+; of a woman, ἥτις ἀνδρῶν ἆ. οὐκ ἐλήλυθενRefs 7th c.BC+: with double comparative, ἕρποντι μᾶλλον ἆσσονRefs: superlative ἄσσισταRefs 4th c.BC+
II hence new comparative ἀσσοτέρω, with or without genitive, Refs 8th c.BC+; later comparative adjective ἀσσότερος, ={ἐγγύτερος}, Refs 4th c.BC+: superlative adverb ἀσσοτάτωRefs 1st c.BC+adjective ἀσσότατοςRefs
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
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Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Words built on the same stem
Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
asson1×
Acts 27:13“close”… notou dokarantois tau prothesiau kratarē airarantois asson paralegole tan Krētan.… 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.