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Easton's Bible Dictionary

Ater:

shut; lame. (1.) Ezr 2:16. (2.) Neh 10:17. (3.) Ezr 2:42.

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Ater:

left hand; shut

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Ater:

a'-ter ('aTer, "bound" (?)):

(1) The ancestor of a family of 98 persons who returned from Babylonian captivity with Zerubbabel (Ezr 2:16; Ne 7:21). the King James Version has "Ater of Hezekiah"; the Revised Version (British and American) of 1 Esdras 5:15 has "Ater of Ezekias," margin, "Ater of Hezekiah." the King James Version has "Aterezias."

(2) The head of a family of porters who returned from Babylon to Jerusalem (Ezr 2:42; Ne 7:45).

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Ater:

(shut up).

(1.) The children of Ater were among the porters or gate‐keepers of the temple who returned with Zerubbabel (Ezra 2:42; Nehemiah 7:45).

(2.) The children of ATER OF HEZEKIAH to the number of 98 returned with Zerubbabel (Ezra 2:16; Nehemiah 7:21) and were among the heads of the people who signed the covenant with Nehemiah (Nehemiah 10:17).

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