Strong's Greek #788 - ἆσσον asson (nearer)

close.

Neuter comparative of the base of eggus; more nearly, i.e. Very near -- close.

see GREEK eggus

Strong's 788: ἆσσον

ἆσσον, adverb, nearer (comparative of ἄγχι near (cf. ἐγγύς)): Acts 27:13 (here Rec.st Ασσον (or Ασσον, which see), Rec.bez elz ἆσσον (cf. Tdf. at the passage); but see Meyer). (Homer, Herodotus, tragic poets; Josephus, Antiquities 19, 2, 4.)

Strong's Greek: 788. ἆσσον (asson) — 1 Occurrence

Acts 27:13 - Adv
GRK: κεκρατηκέναι ἄραντες ἆσσον παρελέγοντο τὴν
NAS: Crete, close [inshore].
KJV: [thence], they sailed close by Crete.
INT: to have gained having weighed [anchor] very near they coasted along