Bible Dictionaries
Acco
Holman Bible Dictionary
(ahc' coh) KJV reads ACCHO. Place name for famous Mediterranean seaport north of Mount Carmel. Territory was assigned to tribe of Asher, but they could not conquer it (Judges 1:31 ). The Greeks renamed Acco, Ptolemais. On his third missionary voyage, Paul spent one day in Ptolemais (Acts 21:7 ). The city has a long history documented by Near Eastern records reaching back to about 2000 B.C., but it plays a small role in the biblical narrative.
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Bibliography Information
Butler, Trent C. Editor. Entry for 'Acco'. Holman Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hbd/a/acco.html. 1991.