Bible Names

Assos: meaning of the name

Assos means “approaching; coming near.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

Assos in Hebrew and Greek

Ἄσσος G789

Ássos — Assus, a city of Asia MInor

probably of foreign origin;

Places named Assos

Assos in Scripture

“Assos” appears in 2 verses of the King James Version.

  • Acts 20:13

    And we went before to ship, and sailed unto Assos, there intending to take in Paul: for so had he appointed, minding himself to go afoot.

  • Acts 20:14

    And when he met with us at Assos, we took him in, and came to Mitylene.