Bible Person
Meaning: left hand; shut · Male · 1 cross reference
Ater is a covenant signatory in Nehemiah. He belongs to the restored community's formal pledge of obedience after the exile. First appears in Neh 10:17.1
AI summary: Ater matters because his single cross reference places the name among those sealing the covenant in Nehemiah. Even without further narrative detail, the entry ties him to one of the strongest expressions of communal faithfulness in the restored era. Taken together, the material presents Ater as a participant in post-exilic covenant renewal.1
Central Figure
Ater
Meaning: left hand; shut
Neh.
| Book | Cross-References |
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| Neh |
Figure1: A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.)
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, person metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.