BDB1759
II. גֵּרָה noun feminine a weight, 20th part of shekel, gerah (Assyrian girû , ZehnpfBAS i. 506) — גֵּרָה Exod 30:13 + 4 t. — Only in definition of שֶׁקֶל, with number עֶשְׂרִים Exod 30:13; Lev 27:25; Num 3:47; Num 18:16; Ezek 45:12.
Strong's Lexicon
H1626
H1626 — גֵּרָה
Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | H1626 |
|---|---|
| Word: | גֵּרָה |
| Part of Speech: | noun fem |
| Etymology: | from H1641 (as in H1625) |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Occurrences: | 5 |
| Transliteration: | gerah |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | gay-raw' |
| Meaning: | 1. (properly) (like H1620) a kernel (round as if scraped), i.e. a gerah or small weight (and coin) |
| KJV Renderings: | gerah. |
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Other Resources
Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke
Englishman's Hebrew Concordance
גרה (geh-rah)
Exodus 30:13
- KJV: 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.
- EHCC: shekel Cis) twenty gerahs:
Leviticus 27:25
- KJV: And all thy estimations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty gerahs shall be the shekel.
- EHCC: twenty shall be the shekel.
Numbers 8:47
- EHCC: the shekel (is) twenty geraks:
Numbers 18:16
- KJV: 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.
- EHCC: which (i) twenty gerahs,