Place Old and New Testament
Acco
Also known as Acco =ESV; Accho =KJV; Akko =NIV, Ptolemais
Acco, a port city in Asher, later known as Ptolemais. Mentioned in 2 verses across 2 books, first at Judges 1:31.
Why it matters. A seaport in Asher, also called Ptolemais.
- Primary passages
- Location
- 32.928, 35.082 (approximate, within about 2 km)
Coordinates from STEPBible TIPNR (palopenmaps.org link). Approximate; not independently verified.
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Acco
Acco, later known as Ptolemais, was a seaport on the Mediterranean coast allotted to the tribe of Asher (Judges 1:31). However, Asher failed to drive out the Canaanite inhabitants of Acco, so they continued to live among the Israelites. In the New Testament, the city is called Ptolemais, reflecting its Hellenistic name during the intertestamental period. The apostle Paul visited Ptolemais at the end of his third missionary journey and stayed there one day with the believers (Act.21.7) before continuing on to Caesarea. Acco was an important port city throughout ancient history due to its strategic coastal location in northern Israel.
Description from STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0, lightly reformatted. This is background reference material, not Scripture and not a FaithGraph editorial claim.
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Appears in Scripture
Named in 2 verses across 2 books. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.