Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. An ancient Hebrew coin and unit of weight.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Among the ancient Jews, a unit of weight and of monetary reckoning, the twentieth part of a heavy shekel, or about three fourths of a gram.
Wiktionary
- n. an ancient Hebrew unit of weight and currency equal to one twentieth of a shekel
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Jewish Antiq.) A small coin and weight; 1-20th of a shekel.
Etymologies
- Hebrew gērâ, grain, bean, gerah. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Now a meah, in the days of Moses our master, was called a gerah; it contains two pondions; a pondion, two assars; and a prutah is the eighth part of an assar.”
“The weight of a meah, which is also called a gerah, is sixteen barleycorns.”
“Let this be noted by the way; a meah, which, as Maimonides before testifies, was anciently called a gerah, was also commonly called zuz, in the”
“The bean is called a "gerah," which is used as the name of the smallest”
“Karna merasa dari dunia yang berbeda, maka abis salam-salaman sama keluarganya mbah putri itu, aku & sodara-sodara termasuk sodara sepupu dan tidak termasuk keluarganya Mbah Putri yang serombongan itu, ngumpul sendiri nonton TV di dalem kamar, sempit, sumpek dan gerah.”
“Others who chose to do so might draw water for themselves; he was a professional in the business, and would fill the largest jar the stoutest woman could carry for a gerah.”
“[1286] Shekel (i.e. weight), called also the holy shekel or shekel of the sanctuary; subdivided into the beka (i.e. half) or half-shekel, and the gerah (i.e. a grain or beka).”
“The value of the shekel by which all these estimations were to be made is here ascertained (v. 25); it shall be twenty gerahs, and every gerah was sixteen barley-corns.”
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume I (Genesis to Deuteronomy)
“Hawa gerah terlihat dari wajahnya sakan jalan di sekitar pemukiman mereka. yang legam, meski dirinya baru beranjak dari air sungai yang Truk pembawa tanah melintas di jalan besar Patumbak mengalir cukup deras ketika itu. begitu kecang mengarah ke kota Medan, atau simpang empat Namun, tidak cukup untuk menghilangkan rasa lelah pada daerah Amplas.”
“At one point, the Scroll dictates: “All the congregation, [the community of Israel and the converts born within it] to the fourth generation, of twenty years of age and over shall come to the courtyard to bow down before all the children of Israel; no woman or child shall come until he completes his portion of sheaves [and gives his personal redemption price] to God: a half-sheqel as a memorial in their settlements, twenty gerah per sheqel” (T.S. 39: 7 – 14).”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘gerah’.
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Money
This started out as a Scrabble list, so I'm personally limiting myself to listing words which are acceptable in the Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, but go ahead and list whatever you can find...
lek, shekel, sheqalim, qindar, qindars, qindarka, qintar, qintars, dollar, dollars, penny, pennies and 143 more...
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Rillons of Random Palavery
A list for terms and phrases that I haven't (yet) entered into themed lists, including my series of various 151-word Random Palavery lists. Constructions that catch my eye, ring in my ears, tease m...
ridge cucumber, co-CEO, debt worry, jackalope bustiere, gimblette, ring-biscuit, cobnut, poussoir, praire, coque rayée, rigadelle, coing and 1459 more...
Tweets
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ruzuzu Thanks, hh! Aug 5, 2010
hernesheir A ancient Hebrew coin, weight, measure for the money and measure listers..... Aug 5, 2010