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Nuremberg chronicles f 63r 1Michel Wolgemut, Wilhelm Pleydenwurff (Text: Hartmann Schedel)

Ater

אָטֵר/AY-ter/

“Shut up or bound”

Summary

The name of two or three individuals whose families returned from Babylonian captivity.

☩Returned Exiles

The 'children of Ater' appear in the lists of those who returned from Babylon. One family numbered ninety-eight persons and was descended from Hezekiah (possibly indicating royal lineage). Another group consisted of gatekeepers. A leader named Ater was also among those who sealed the covenant under Nehemiah.

Key verses:Ezra 2:16Ezra 2:42Nehemiah 10:17

Related Verses5 mentions

Nehemiah· 3 verses

7:217:4510:17

Ezra· 2 verses

2:162:42

References

  1. 1.John McClintock and James Strong, "Ater," in Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature, vol. I (Harper & Brothers, 1867–1887).
  2. 2.James Orr (ed.), "Ater," in International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, vol. I (Howard-Severance Company, 1915).