גֵּרָה
ge.rah
gerah
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe term 'ge.rah' (Strong's number: H1626) occurs five times in the Hebrew Bible and is defined as 'gerah'. The exact meaning of 'gerah' can be inferred from its context, but based on its occurrences, it seems to refer to a small quantity or unit of weight. This is supported by the fact that in one instance, 'ge.rah' is used in comparison to 'shekel', a larger unit of measurement, implying that a 'gerah' is significantly smaller. In the Hebrew Bible, the 'gerah' is used primarily in relation to monetary transactions or the valuation of goods, indicating that it was a common unit of measurement in ancient Israelite society. This usage suggests that the 'gerah' played an important role in everyday commerce, allowing people to make precise conversions between different units of measurement.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
5 total occurrences across the text
The shekel shall be twenty gerahs. Twenty shekels plus twenty-five shekels plus fifteen shekels shall be your mina.
Exodus 30:13They shall give this, everyone who passes over to those who are counted, half a shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary (the shekel is twenty gerahs); half a shekel for an offering to Yahweh.
Leviticus 27:25All your valuations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty gerahs to the shekel.
Numbers 3:47you shall take five shekels apiece for each one; according to the shekel of the sanctuary you shall take them (the shekel is twenty gerahs);
Numbers 18:16You shall redeem those who are to be redeemed of them from a month old, according to your estimation, for five shekels of money, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, which weighs twenty gerahs.