Bible Location
Meaning: approaching; coming near · 2 cross references · Modern-day map available
Assos was the Aegean port in Mysia where Paul rejoined his companions after traveling overland from Troas. It is important because it belongs to the detailed travel memory of Acts. First appears in Acts 20:13.1
Place meaning
approaching; coming near
Coordinates
39.49, 26.34
First appears
Acts 20:13
AI summary: Assos matters because Acts often preserves travel with striking precision, and Assos is one of those places. Paul's choice to go there on foot while the others travel by sea gives the city a personal and logistical role in the narrative. The cross references present Assos as a coastal waypoint of apostolic movement and reunion.1
Place meaning
approaching; coming near
Latitude
39.49
Longitude
26.34
Bible references
2
A sea-port town of Proconsular Asia, in the district of Mysia, on the north shore of the Gulf of Adramyttium. Paul came hither on foot along the Roman road from Troas (Acts 20:13, 14), a distance of 20 miles. It was about 30 miles distant from Troas by sea. The island of Lesbos lay opposite it, about 7 miles distant. 3
Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated. It is presented as historical source material, not as ai-BIBLE’s language, interpretation, or endorsement.
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, place metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.