A'ter. (shut up).

1. The children of Ater were among the porters or gate-keepers of the Temple who returned with Zerubbabel. Ezra 2:42; Nehemiah 7:45.

2. The children of "Ater of Hezekiah" to the number of 98 returned with Zerubbabel, Ezra 2:16; Nehemiah 7:21, and were among the heads of the people who signed the covenant with Nehemiah. Nehemiah 10:17.