gerah Heb. Antiq.
(ˈgɪərə)
Forms: 6 ge(e)ra, 7– gerah.
[a. Heb. gērāh. Rendered in Vulgate Exod. xxx. 13 by obolus.]
A Hebrew coin and weight, the twentieth part of a shekel.
| 1534 Tindale Wks. (1573) 11/1 Geeras, in weight as it were an English halfepeny, or somewhat more. 1611 Bible Exod. xxx. 13 A shekel is twenty gerahs. |