Meaning
(1) The ancestor of a family of 98 persons who returned from Babylonian captivity with Zerubbabel (Ezr 2:16, Neh 7:21). the King James Version has "Ater of Hezekiah"; the Revised Version (British and American) of Esdras 5:15 has "Ater of Ezekias," margin, "Ater of Hezekiah." the King James Version has "Aterezias."
(2) The head of a family of porters who returned from Babylon to Jerusalem (Ezr 2:42, Neh 7:45).