International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Ater

Online Resource Library

Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.com | Download

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Ater


Subjects in this Topic:

a´tẽr (אטר, 'āṭēr, “bound” [?): (1) The ancestor of a family of 98 persons who returned from Babylonian captivity with Zerubbabel (; ). 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 (; ).