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H5910 עַכּוֹ (ʻAkkôw) ak-ko'

Hebrew
Noun
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Quick Definition

Acco

Biblical Persons & Places

Acco Ptolemais
A location first mentioned at Jdg.1.31; referred to as Acco (עַכּוֹ), or Ptolemais (Πτολεμαΐς).

Strong's Definition

Akko (from its situation on a bay)

Derivation: apparently from an unused root meaning to hem in;

KJV Usage: Accho.

Outline of Biblical Usage

Accho = "his straitness"
1) a seaport town in Asher north of Mount Carmel and south or Tyre

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

עַכּוֹ (ak.ko) — Acco. Accho = "his straitness" a seaport town in Asher north of Mount Carmel and south or Tyre Also named: Ptolemais (Πτολεμαΐς "Ptolemais" G4424)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

name

Names of Locations

Acco = town; ◄ located on the coast of the Mediterranean; territory of Asher

JDG 1:31

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

עַכּוֹ n.pr.loc. Acco, in Asher base

Bible Occurrences (1)

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