Lockyer's All the Men of the Bible – Ater
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Ater

Ater [Ā'tûr]—bound or shut.

  1. The ancestor of an exiled family (Ezra 2:16; Neh. 7:21).
  2. Ancestor of a family of gatekeepers who returned from exile with Zerubbabel (Ezra 2:42; Neh. 7:45).
  3. The chief of the people who, with Nehemiah, sealed the covenant (Neh. 10:17).
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