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Shekel vs Gerah - What's the difference?

shekel | gerah |

As nouns the difference between shekel and gerah

is that shekel is a currency unit of both ancient and modern Israel while gerah is an ancient Hebrew unit of weight and currency equal to one twentieth of a shekel.

shekel

English

(wikipedia shekel)

Alternative forms

* sheqel

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A currency unit of both ancient and modern Israel.
  • (informal) money.
  • An ancient unit of weight equivalent to one-fiftieth of a mina.

    • Derived terms

    * new shekel

    See also

    * agora * ILS * NIS * ----

    gerah

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia gerah) (en noun)
  • an ancient Hebrew unit of weight and currency equal to one twentieth of a shekel
  • *"Each one who crosses over to those already counted is to give a half shekel, [a] according to the sanctuary shekel, which weighs twenty gerahs ."[http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=2&chapter=30&verse=13&version=31&context=verse]
  • *"Every value is to be set according to the sanctuary shekel, twenty gerahs to the shekel"[http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=3&chapter=27&verse=25&version=31&context=verse]

    • References

    * English terms derived from Hebrew