Gêrâh — H1626

Definition

feminine noun

a gerah or small weight (and coin)

1. gerah, a weight, a 20th part of a shekel, equal to the weight of 16 barley grains or 4 to 5 carob beans

Usually translated as

gerah

Origin

from H1641 (as in H1625); properly, (like H1620) a kernel (round as if scraped), i.e.

• Derived from Gârar (H1641)
• Derived from Gêrâh (H1625)
• Derived from Gargar (H1620)

Occurrences

Gêrâh occurs 5 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Exodus (1), Leviticus (1), Numbers (2), Ezekiel (1)

• Exodus 30:13 — This they shall give, every one that passeth among them that are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary: (a shekel is twenty gerahs (גֵּרָה֙):) an half shekel shall be the offering of the LORD.
• Leviticus 27:25 — And all thy estimations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty gerahs (גֵּרָ֖ה) shall be the shekel.
• Numbers 3:47 — Thou shalt even take five shekels apiece by the poll, after the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take them: (the shekel is twenty gerahs (גֵּרָ֖ה):)
• Numbers 18:16 — And those that are to be redeemed from a month old shalt thou redeem, according to thine estimation, for the money of five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, which is twenty gerahs (גֵּרָ֖ה).
• Ezekiel 45:12 — And the shekel shall be twenty gerahs (גֵּרָ֑ה): twenty shekels, five and twenty shekels, fifteen shekels, shall be your maneh.