Bible Names

Ater: meaning of the name

Ater means “left hand; shut.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

Ater in Hebrew and Greek

People named Ater in the Bible

Ater in Scripture

“Ater” appears in 5 verses of the King James Version.

  • Ezra 2:16

    The children of Ater of Hezekiah, ninety and eight.

  • Ezra 2:42

    The children of the porters: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, in all an hundred thirty and nine.

  • Nehemiah 7:21

    The children of Ater of Hezekiah, ninety and eight.

  • Nehemiah 7:45

    The porters: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, an hundred thirty and eight.

  • Nehemiah 10:17

    Ater, Hizkijah, Azzur,