gerah

[gee-ruh]

noun

an ancient Hebrew weight and coin, equal to 1/20 (0.05) of a shekel.

Origin of gerah

1525–35; < Hebrew gērāh < Akkadian girū

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Examples from the Web for gerah

Historical Examples of gerah

The Gerah, "a bean," weighed a little less than half of a dram avoirdupois (.439 dram).
The Rand-McNally Bible Atlas
Jesse L. Hurlbut

British Dictionary definitions for gerah

gerah

noun

an ancient Hebrew unit of weight
an ancient Hebrew coin equal to one twentieth of a shekel

Word Origin for gerah

C16: from Hebrew gērāh bean

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