Strong's Concordance asson: nearer Original Word: ἆσσονPart of Speech: Adverb, Comparative Transliteration: asson Phonetic Spelling: (as'-son) Short Definition: nearer, close by Definition: nearer, close by. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 788: ἆσσονἆσσον, 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 âssonLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 7881 Occurrence ἆσσον — 1 Occ. 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 |