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(Hebrews Ater', àָèִø , shut up; Sept. Á᾿ôήñ v. r. in Ezr_2:42, Áôôήñ ), 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 (Ezr_2:16; Neh_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 (Ezr_2:42; Neh_7:45). B.C. 536.
3. One of the chief Israelites that subscribed the aacred covenant with Nehemiah (Neh_10:17). B.C. cir. 410.