noun · feminine

assas

GreekἎσσος (assos)

Strong’sG789

Assos

stem ass-2 times in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

Assos2×

What it means

Ἄσσος, -ου

(also Ἀσσός, -οῦ), ἡ,

Assos, a city on the E. coast of Asia Minor: Ac 20:13, 14 (v.s. ἆσσον).†

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

Strong’s G789 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidas'-sos

Assus, a city of Asia MInor

Fromprobably of foreign origin;

King JamesAssos.

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

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	assas	assais
object accusative	assan2×Ἆσσον	assain
direct address vocative	assar	assair
of, belonging to genitive	assau	assaiu
to, for dative	assa	assai

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

assstem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

assa is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Words built on the same stem

asson — ἆσσον, nearer, close by

Where it appears

2 occurrences, every one of them listed

assan“Assos”objectaccusative singular2×

Acts 20:13“Assos”Nis de proercharatois epi tem ploiem anagina epi tan Assan, ekeithen mellarōtois analambarō ton Paulon, houtōs gar diatasserētos ate mellarōtos autos pezeuarō.We went on ahead to the ship and sailed to Assos, where we were to take Paul aboard. He had arranged this because he was going there on foot.

Acts 20:14“Assos”hōs de sumballate ni eis tan Assan, analambaratois auton erchana eis Mitulēnan,And when he met us at Assos, we took him aboard and went on to Mitylene.