Strong H1626גֵּרָה

gerah

Transliteration: gêrâh
Pronunciation: gay-raw'
Morphology: Hebrew Noun (Feminine)

Definition

From H1641 (as in H1625); properly (like H1620) a kernel (round as if {scraped }) that {is} a gerah or small weight (and coin): - gerah.

Detailed definition

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

In the Bible

Strong H1626 appears in 5 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

gerahs5

First verses

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:) 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 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:)
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.
Ezekiel 45:12
And the shekel shall be twenty gerahs: twenty shekels, five and twenty shekels, fifteen shekels, shall be your maneh.

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