The Definition of the word Gerah

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."