Ater

Ay´tuhr

1 A family group (“descendants of Ater”) who returned with Zerubbabel from the Babylonian captivity (Ezra 2:16). 2 A family group of gatekeepers who also returned (Ezra 2:42). 3 A member of the postexilic community who signed the covenant to keep the law (Neh 10:17); he could be associated with either of the families identified above.