gerah
English
Etymology
Hebrew [Term?]
Noun
gerah (plural gerahs)
- (historical) An ancient Hebrew unit of weight and currency, one twentieth of a shekel.
- New International Version (NIV), Exodus 30:13
- Each one who crosses over to those already counted is to give a half shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, which weighs twenty gerahs.
- New International Version (NIV), Leviticus 27:25
- Every value is to be set according to the sanctuary shekel, twenty gerahs to the shekel.
- New International Version (NIV), Exodus 30:13