Keraia
Glossary

Ater

  1. The ancestor of a group of people who returned to Judah with Zerubbabel after the exile (Ezra 2:16; Nehemiah 7:21).

  2. The ancestor of a family of gatekeepers who also returned to Judah with Zerubbabel (Ezra 2:42; Nehemiah 7:45).

  3. A political leader who signed Ezra’s promise to be faithful to God with Nehemiah and others after the exile in Babylon (Nehemiah 10:17).

People and places

Ater: Head of a family that returned from Babylonian exile Ater: Head of a family of gatekeepers who returned from exile Ater: One of the signers of the covenant during Nehemiah's time