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Webster 1913 Edition


Gerah

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Ge′rah

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Noun.
[Heb.
g[GREEK]rah
, lit., a bean.]
(Jewish Antiq.)
A small coin and weight; 1-20th of a shekel.
☞ The silver gerah is supposed to have been worth about three cents; the gold about fifty-four cents; the weight equivalent to about thirteen grains.