cos Summary and Overview
Bible Dictionaries at a Glance
cos in Smith's Bible Dictionary
Cos or Coos (now Stanchio or Stanko). This small island of the Grecian Archipelago has several interesting points of connection with the Jews. Herod the Great conferred many favors on the island. St. Paul, on the return from his third missionary journey, passed the night here, after sailing from Miletus. Probably referred to in #Ac 21:1|
cos in Schaff's Bible Dictionary
COS . See Coos.
cos in Fausset's Bible Dictionary
Cos or Coos: now Stancho, a contraction of eis teen CHoa. Paul passed the night on this island on his way by sea from Miletus to Rhodes (Acts 21:1). It is N.W. of Rhodes; 25 miles long by 10 miles wide. The chief town was on the N.E. of the island, near the promontory Scandarium.