gerah
[ gee-ruh ]
/ ˈgi rə /
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
Words nearby gerah
geotropic,
geotropism,
ger-,
ger.,
gera,
gerah,
geraint,
gerald,
geraldine,
geraldton,
geraldton waxflower
Example sentences from the Web for 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
/ (ˈɡɪərə) /
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