The ancestor of an exiled family (<bibleref ref="Ezra.2.16">Ezra.2.16</bibleref>; <bibleref ref="Neh.7.21">Neh.7.21</bibleref>).Ancestor of a family of gatekeepers who returned from exile with Zerubbabel (<bibleref ref="Ezra.2.42">Ezra.2.42</bibleref>; <bibleref ref="Neh.7.45">Neh.7.45</bibleref>).The chief of the people who, with Nehemiah, sealed the covenant (<bibleref ref="Neh.10.17">Neh.10.17</bibleref>).<br /><br />

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<strong>ATER</strong> <strong>ā’ tər</strong> (<span class="hebrew">אָטֵ֥ר</span>). 1. Ancestor of a family of porters who returned with Zerubbabel (<bibleref ref="Ezra.2.16">Ezra 2:16</bibleref>, <bibleref ref="Ezra.2.42">42</bibleref>; <bibleref ref="Neh.7.21">Neh 7:21</bibleref>, <bibleref ref="Neh.7.45">45</bibleref>; <bibleref ref="1Esd.5.28">1 Esd 5:28</bibleref>; KJV JATAL, ASV ATAR).<br /><br />

2. Ancestor of a family that returned from the <span class="auto-link">[[Babylonian Captivity]]</span> with Zerubbabel (<bibleref ref="Ezra.2.16">Ezra 2:16</bibleref>; <bibleref ref="1Esd.5.15">1 Esd 5:15</bibleref>; KJV ATEREZIAS).

<h2>International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915)</h2>

(’aTer, "bound" (?)):<br /><br />

(1) The ancestor of a family of 98 persons who returned from Babylonian captivity with Zerubbabel (<bibleref ref="Ezra.2.16">Ezr 2:16</bibleref>; <bibleref ref="Neh.7.21">Ne 7:21</bibleref>). the <span class="auto-link">[[King James Version]]</span> has "Ater of Hezekiah"; the <span class="auto-link">[[Revised Version]]</span> (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 (<bibleref ref="Ezra.2.42">Ezr 2:42</bibleref>; <bibleref ref="Neh.7.45">Ne 7:45</bibleref>).<br /><br />