Bible Dictionary

Ummah

The name Ummah means “darkened; covered; his people”.

Easton's Bible Dictionary 1897

Vicinity, a town of Asher (Josh. 19:30).

Smith's Bible Dictionary 1863

(union), one of the cities of the allotment of Asher. (Joshua 10:30) only. Probably ’Alma , in the highlands of the coast, about five miles east-northeast of Ras en-Nakhura .

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia 1915

um'-a (`ummah; Archob, Amma): One of the cities allotted to the tribe of Asher (Jos 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.