Gera — the meaning of the Hebrew name גֵּרָא

גֵּרָא

Gêrâʼ · pronounced gay-raw' · Strong's H1617 · a man

Gera means a grain.

Built from

גֵּרָה gêrâh (perhaps from, H1626) — a gerah or small weight (and coin) open in the lexicon ›

perhaps from H1626; a grain; Gera, the name of six Israelites.

Gen 46:21 And the sons of Benjamin were Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard. (KJV)

9 occurrences in 9 verses — Genesis, Judges, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 1 Chronicles

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Definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); occurrences from the Westminster Leningrad Codex via Hebrew Explorer's interlinear.