גֵּרָהgêrâh

gerah, a weight, 20th part of shekel (Exodus 30:13; Leviticus 27:25; Numbers 3:47; Numbers 18:16; Ezekiel 45:12)

Pronunciation: gay-raw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1626

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 5 times in the Bible.

  • Exodus 30:13 Each person who is counted must give a small piece of silver as a sacred offering to the Lord. (This payment is half a shekel, based on the sanctuary shekel, which equals twenty gerahs.)
  • Leviticus 27:25 (All the payments must be measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel, which equals twenty gerahs.)
  • Numbers 3:47 collect five pieces of silver for each of them (each piece weighing the same as the sanctuary shekel, which equals twenty gerahs).
  • Numbers 18:16 Redeem them when they are one month old. The redemption price is five pieces of silver (as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel, which equals twenty gerahs).
  • Ezekiel 45:12 The standard unit for weight will be the silver shekel. One shekel will consist of twenty gerahs, and sixty shekels will be equal to one mina.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).