| Easton's Bible Dictionary Vicinity, a town of Asher (Joshua 19:30). Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia UMMAH um'-a (`ummah; Archob, Amma): One of the cities allotted to the tribe of Asher (Joshua 19:30). By a slight emendation of the text it would read Acco, the name of the place subsequently known as Ptolemais, the modern `Akka. This emendation is generally adopted by scholars, although it is at best a conjecture. No other identification is yet possible. | Multi-Version Concordance Ummah (1 Occurrence) Joshua 19:30 Ummah also, and Aphek, and Rehob: twenty-two cities with their villages. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) |