King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G788
Transliteration: asson
Phonetic Spelling: (as'-son)
Part of Speech: Adverb, Comparative
Short Definition: nearer
Meaning: nearer
ἆσσον, 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.)
Word Summary
asson: nearer
Original Word: ἆσσονTransliteration: asson
Phonetic Spelling: (as'-son)
Part of Speech: Adverb, Comparative
Short Definition: nearer
Meaning: nearer
Strong's Concordance
close. Neuter comparative of the base of eggus; more nearly, i.e. Very near -- close.
see GREEK eggus
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.)