(written Cos in the R.V.), a small island, one of the Sporades in the Aegean Sea, in the north-west of Rhodes, off the coast of Caria. Paul on his return from his third missionary journey, passed the night here after sailing from Miletus (Acts 21:1). It is now called Stanchio.
Island
Coos
- Name means
- top, summit
- Location
- 36.844°N, 27.170°E
- Mentioned
- 1 verse
About Coos
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).
Nearby
Every mention
Acts
21:1
Places: Theographic Bible Metadata (CC BY-SA 4.0), with locations from OpenBible.info. Many ancient sites are uncertain.