Accho
Ac'cho. (The Ptolemais of the Maccabees and New Testament), now called Acca,
or more usually by Europeans, St. Jean d'Arc, the most important seaport
town on the Syrian coast, about 30 miles south of Tyre. It was situated on a
slightly projecting headland, at the northern extremity of that spacious bay
which is formed by the bold promontory of Carmel on the opposite side. Later,
it was named Ptolemais, after one of the Ptolemies, probably Soter. The only
notice of it in the New Testament is in Act_21:7
where it is called Ptolemais.
Source:
Smith’s Bible Dictionary
Accho
Sultry or sandy, a town and harbor of Phoenicia, in the tribe of Asher,
but never acquired by them (Jdg_1:31).
It was known to the ancient Greeks and Romans by the name of Ptolemais, from
Ptolemy the king of Egypt, who rebuilt it about 100 B.C.. Here Paul landed on
his last journey to Jerusalem (Act_21:7).
During the crusades of the Middle Ages it was called Acra; and subsequently, on
account of its being occupied by the Knights Hospitallers of Jerusalem, it was
called St. Jean d'Acre, or simply Acre.
Source:
Easton’s Bible Dictionary