גֵּרָה gêrâh
Meaning
a gerah or small weight (and coin)
In the King James Version: gerah.
Derivation: from H1641 (גָּרַר) (as in H1625 (גֵּרָה)); properly, (like H1620 (גַּרְגַּר)) a kernel (round as if scraped), i.e.
Where it is used
- Exodus 30:13 Everyone who crosses over to those counted must pay a half shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, which weighs twenty gerahs. This half shekel is an offering to the LORD.
- Leviticus 27:25 Every valuation will be according to the sanctuary shekel, twenty gerahs to the shekel.
- Numbers 3:47 you are to collect five shekels for each one, according to the sanctuary shekel of twenty gerahs.
- Numbers 18:16 You are to pay the redemption price for a month-old male according to your valuation: five shekels of silver, according to the sanctuary shekel, which is twenty gerahs.
- Ezekiel 45:12 The shekel will consist of twenty gerahs. Twenty shekels plus twenty-five shekels plus fifteen shekels will equal one mina.