Hypertext Webster Gateway: "gerah"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Gerah
a bean, probably of the carob tree, the smallest weight, and
also the smallest piece of money, among the Hebrews, equal to
the twentieth part of a shekel (Ex. 30:13; Lev. 27:25; Num.
3:47). This word came into use in the same way as our word
"grain," from a grain of wheat.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Gerah \Ge"rah\, n. [Heb. g?rah, lit., a bean.] (Jewish Antiq.)
A small coin and weight; 1-20th of a shekel.
Note: 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.
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