Gerah
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Gerah is a noun meaning (historical) An ancient Hebrew unit of weight and currency, one twentieth of a shekel.
Meaning
(historical) An ancient Hebrew unit of weight and currency, one twentieth of a shekel.
Example Sentences
Every value is to be set according to the sanctuary shekel, twenty gerahs to the shekel.
Each one who crosses over to those already counted is to give a half shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, which weighs twenty gerahs.
Word Forms
- gerahs
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include beka, shekel, maneh, sheqel, agora, sicle.
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