H1626 - גֵּרָה (gêrâh)

H1626 גֵּרָה (gêrâh) gay-raw'

Hebrew

Strong's Definition

from 1641 (as in 1625); properly, (like 1620) a kernel (round as if scraped), i.e. a gerah or small weight (and coin)

KJV Usage: gerah

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

גֵּרָה (ge.rah) — gerah. gerah, a weight, a 20th part of a shekel, equal to the weight of 16 barley grains or 4 to 5 carob beans

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

גֵּרָה (H1625 · H1626)

noun f · גרר

cud = the portion of food that is brought up into the mouth by ruminating animals from their first stomach to be chewed a second time

LEV 11:3 · LEV 11:4 · LEV 11:4 · LEV 11:5 · LEV 11:6 · LEV 11:7 · LEV 11:26 · DEU 14:6 · DEU 14:7 · DEU 14:7 · DEU 14:8

noun f

Weight

gerah = a weight of approximately 0.6 grams; according to the standards of the sanctuary, 20 gerahs make up 1 shekel and 10 gerahs make up 1 beka; ► used for weighing gold and silver

EXO 30:13 · LEV 27:25 · NUM 3:47 · NUM 18:16 · EZK 45:12

Reinier de Blois

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

גֵּרָה n.f. a weight, 20th part of shekel, gerah base