Ater

Smith's Bible Dictionary

A'ter. (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.

Easton's Bible Dictionary

 Ezra 2:42 .

Copyright Statement These dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., DD Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain.

Bibliography Information Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Ater'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/a/ater.html. 1897.

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

ATER . 1 . The ancestor of certain Temple porters who returned with Zerubbabel,   Ezra 2:15;   Ezra 2:42 ,   Nehemiah 7:21;   Nehemiah 7:45; cf. Atar. 2 . (AV [Note: Authorized Version.] Aterezias ), 1Es 5:15; cf.   Ezra 2:16 . His sons returned with Zerubbabel.

Morrish Bible Dictionary

1. Ancestor of some ofthose who returned from exile and dwelt in Jerusalem.  Ezra 2:16;  Nehemiah 7:21 .

2. Apparently head of one of the families of porters to the temple.  Ezra 2:42;  Nehemiah 7:45 .

3. A chief of the people who sealed the covenant.  Nehemiah 10:17 .

Holman Bible Dictionary

 Ezra 2:16 Ezra 2:42 Nehemiah 10:17

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

 Nehemiah 10:17.

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Hebrews Ater', אָטִר , Shut up; Sept. Ἀτήρ v. r. in  Ezra 2:42, Αττήρ ) , the name of three men.

1. A descendant(?) of one Hezekiah (q.v.), whose family, to the number of 98, returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel ( Ezra 2:16;  Nehemiah 7:21). B.C. ante 536.

2. The head of a family of Levitical "porters" to the Temple, that returned at the same time with the above ( Ezra 2:42;  Nehemiah 7:45). B.C. 536.

3. One of the chief Israelites that subscribed the aacred covenant with Nehemiah ( Nehemiah 10:17). B.C. cir. 410.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

a´tẽr ( אטר , 'āṭēr , "bound" [?): (1) The ancestor of a family of 98 persons who returned from Babylonian captivity with Zerubbabel ( Ezra 2:16;  Nehemiah 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 ( Ezra 2:42;  Nehemiah 7:45 ).