Bible Dictionary

Ater

Shut; lame. (1.) Ezra 2:16. (2.) Neh. 10:17. (3.) Ezra 2:42.

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)

Shut; lame. ) Ezra 2:16. ) Neh. 10:17. ) Ezra 2:42.

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)

(shut up).

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898) & Schaff's Bible Dictionary

A'TER (shut up). (1). One whose children kept the temple-gate. Ezr 2:42; Neh 7:45. (2). The ancestor of some who came back with Zerubbabel, and who signed the covenant. Ezr 2:16; Neh 7:21; Neh 10:17.

Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869)

left hand; shut