Keraia
Places

Acco

Acco, a port city in Asher, later known as Ptolemais.
PlaceOld & New Testaments2 books2 verses

Summary

A location first mentioned at Judges 1:31; referred to as Acco (עַכּוֹ) or Ptolemais (Πτολεμαΐς).

Location

Identified as
Tel Akko
Certainty
Widely agreed (100% of scholarship)
Coordinates
32.921° N, 35.088° E
Acco
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Events

Dates are approximate

Glossary entries

Accho, Acco Ptolemais

Alternative names

Mentions

  1. Judges 1:31עַכּוֹ · Acco
    Asher failed to drive out the inhabitants of Acco, Sidon, Ahlab, Achzib, Helbah, Aphik, and Rehob.
  2. Acts 21:7Πτολεμαΐς · Ptolemais
    When we had finished our voyage from Tyre, we landed at Ptolemais, where we greeted the brothers and stayed with them for a day.