List of numbers with possible significance
When a word or phrase is given with no explanation, the number is the (Hebrew) gematria or (Greek) isopsephy value of that word.
2 = Minimum number of witnesses to establish a legal case
3 = Divine perfection (one of four "perfect" numbers: 3, 7, 10, 12)
3.5 = Half of seven is important in Dan 7:25, 12:7, 1 Kgs. 18:1; Luke 4:25; Jas. 5:17 (Cmp. Rev 11:6), Rev 11:9,11; 12:14
4 = Triangular root of 10
6 = Triangular expansion of 3
7 = Spiritual perfection (one of four "perfect" numbers: 3, 7, 10, 12); Days of creation; Egypt's years of plenty/famine; Years Jacob worked for each wife
8 = Triangular root of 36
10 = Triangular expansion of 4; Ordinal perfection (one of four "perfect" numbers: 3, 7, 10, 12)
12 = זה (see Feder[1] 9b); Governmental perfection (one of four "perfect" numbers: 3, 7, 10, 12)
14 = David (Heb); Years Jacob worked to earn his wives
17 = Triangular root of 153; Joseph's age when he dreamt
28 = Triangular expansion of 7; Number of Babylonian merchandise items in Rev 18:12-13 (see Beale); Generations from Abraham to the deportation to Babylon; Years of Jehu's reign; 28:42::666:1260 (Harris[2])
30 = יהיה hence default period of Nazirite[1]
34 = בבל (Babel)
36 = Triangular expansion of 8 and triangular root of 666
42 = "Great" (גדלה) Gen 10:12; אלוה ("god", Dan 11:38); 14x3 generations (Mt 1); 42 Months = 3.5 years (Rev 11-13); See also 3.5
51 = Na ("please")[1]
52 = "Son" (anagram of standard form) and "with everything" (Genesis 24:1) see Feder[1] chp 1; Gematria of Elijah (Heb); Years of Uzziah's reign (2 Chron 26:3)
58 = Noah/grace [anagrams of standard form]
59 = Havilah
60 = Trapezoidal block of pebble diagram[2]; 60x60 temple plans (Ezra 6:3, see also 3600)
77 = Gihon (Gen 4:24)
83 = Age of Aaron when confronting Pharaoh
88 = Age of Moses when confronting Pharaoh (Ex 6)
99 = Amen (grk); Number of sheep shepherd leaves behind to search for one lost; See footnote 57 in Blumall[3] regarding Irenaeus and the "Marcosians" on this number's isopsephies
110 = Years of Joseph
120 = למלך (to the king OR to Molech in 1 Kings) and Solomon's gold (1 Kings 9:14; 10:10; 2 Chr 9:9); limit on man's lifespan (Gen 6:3, cf. Deut 31:2; 34:7); years of Moses
123 = Goliath (LXX)
125 = מסכה (see Feder[1] chp 9a)
127 = Years of Sarah and provinces of Eshter (this connection is famously addressed by Rabbi Akiva(?) as per AlephBeta video; see also Targum Rishon on Esther
130 = Age of Jacob when he went to Egypt
133 = Years of Kohath (Moses' Gpa)
137 = Years of Levi and Amram (Moses' dad)
142 = Tigris
144 = Width of New Jerusalem's walls; See also 144000
147 = Years of Jacob
153 = Triangular expansion of 17; Number of fish (John 21:11); μέρη (John 21:6); חלקיה (Hilkiah, but see also 666); ANTICHRISTVS (but see 154)
154 = Liber Genealogus' claimed value of ANTICHRISTVS (= 616/4)
165 = The Tree/Money (see Feder[1] chp 7 on Esther); Naamah (Heb) - the only wife of Solomon who is named in Scripture (see also "the silver" in 1 Kings 10:27) and also sister of Tubal-Cain (Gen 4:22)
191 = ﺲﻠﻴﻣﺎﻧ in standard Abjad
208 = ורב (see Feder[1] chp 8)
212 = Number of gatekeepers in 1 Chronicles 9:22 (4*53 seems to correspond with vs 24-26; four leaders for each week of the year)
247 = θηρίον "beast" (Painchaud[4])
248 = Abram (see Feder[1] chp 11); 613-365, number of bones in human body?
276 = Persons on wrecked ship (Acts 27:37); Triangular expansion of 23
288 = Singers (1 Chron 25:7); Gematria of Uzziah (LXX)
314 = Shaddai [anagram of standard form] and Metatron (Talmud) see Feder[1] chp 12
318 = Number of Abram's servants in Genesis 14:14 and gematria of “Eliezer” in 15:2
351 = Γαλατεία (graffito)
365 = 613-248
375 = Solomon (LXX)
380 = Egypt (Heb)
385 = Σόδομα, (מצרימה) to Egypt
417 = Gematria of בתיה (Bithia = Batya = Pharaoh's daughter) in 1 Chron 4:17
420 = שלמן (Hos 10:14; see also pebble diagram[2]); Amount of Solomon's gold (1 Kings 9:28); ממצרים (1 Kings 8:16,51,53; 10:28–29)
422 = Nebuchadnezzar (Heb)
430 = Years of Israel in Egypt (Ex 12:40-41, Gal 3:17); Years Eber lived after fathering Peleg (Gen 11:17); Rameses (Gen 47:11, Ex 12:37)
431 = ﺲﻠﻴﻣﺎﻧ in Maghribi Abjad
443 = Goliath (Heb)
446 = Pishon
450 = Talents of gold (2 Chron 8:18) and prophets of Baal (1 Kings 18:19,22)
451 = Isopsephy of Nicolaus (as in Nicolatians)
475 = ᾅδης (Mt 18:18; gen. Hades)
480 = Nebuchadnezzar + Noah (Heb); Years from exodus to beginning of Temple construction (1 Kings 6:1)
485 = γυναίκα (Rev 2:20; [12:13;] 17:3, 6; [21:9,27] = βδελυγμα = πολις η μεγαλη (Gen 10:12; Rev 16:19; 17:[5, in pl!], 18; 18:10, 16, 19) = Ἰούδα (Judas/Lk 22:48; Judah/Rev 5:5); "To Succoth" (place in Gen 33:17, Ex 12:37, etc.)
486 = "Succoth" (place in Gen 33:17)
486 = πέτρᾳ (Mt 18:18)
535 = κύριε ("Christians also associated the number 535 [along with 800] with Lord, but in the vocative form"[3])
545 = Pompeii graffito: Μπεκυ, παρθενικός, γυναικιαν, φίλε
586 = Jerusalem (Heb)
597 = θηρίου "of [the] beast"[4]
600 = ציצת with 8 (knots) and 5 (strings) comes to 613[1]; trapezoidal block of pebble diagram[2]; Six 600's associated with Solomon as per triangle in pebble diagram[2]: 1 Kings 10:14, 16; 2 Chron 2:2, 17; 9:13, 15; Six 600's of David: 1 Sam 23:13; 27:2; 30:9; 1 Chron 7:2; 21:25; 2 Chron 2:17
606 = Ruth
611 = Torah
613 = Ruth + 7 Noahide laws; Torah given to Moses + 2 mitzvot given directly to all Israel; גרתי (see Feder[1] 10a); 248+365; 606+7; 611+2; 600+8+5 616 = "עתה יגדל-נא כח הי" and "Rehoboth" (Gen 26:22) see notes on Num 14:17 for both; נרו קסר; Anagrams of Heb standard form = [Jethro (also "and the rest/excellence" Gen 49:3/Deut 3:13, "let/leave" Ex 16:19, and "shall remain" Ex 29:34) or "they spied" (Num 13:21)]; תריו sounds like θηρίου; χιϛ as abbreviation for Christ (Jesus) and/or rearranged to form Chi-Rho; Possible graffito answers: Φαίδρα, Οφέλια, Ασυδια, Μαρουδα, and Ρουδάμα; Γαιος Καισαρ
620 = Shinar
636 = Value of نيرو قيصر in Maghribi Abjad
665 = Appears in one manuscript of Rev 13:18; See also Harris pebble chart and analysis[2]
666 = Triangular expansion of 36; ἑλκύσαι (John 21:6); Χελκια (Hilkiah LXX, but see also 153); "עתה יגדל-נא כח אדני" (Num 14:17, see notes); DCLXVI; נרון קסר; Anagrams of standard form = ["Without" (Pr 11:22); "you should destroy" ("tarsu", cmp. Amos 6:11); Sethur; תסור (Deut 17:11)]; Mea Shearim; Solomon's gold; Ευανθας, Λατεινος, Τειταν..., Μαομέτις, לולתר, ,Λουθερανα; הנהרות, הראיתים, הרימותה, והרתיהם, ויתרן, ולמקצת, ולפרשים, ולשלש, ולשעירים, ומשנער, וסרת, וסתר, וצעקת, ורמתך, ותמכר, ותסר, יתפלצון, יתרון, לעצמותיך, לשלוש, מיתריו, מנפצות, נחרבות, נפוצתם, נפצותם, סתור, סתרו, ענקתמו, צעקתו, רמותך, תורין, תחגרנה, תמכרו, תסור, תסרו, תצעקו, תראינה; απολλυμεθα, διασπορας, δυνασαι, ειχαν, εκελευσα, ελκυσαι, εντολαις, εποτισα, ευπορια, ηγνικοτες, κατεπεσεν, λευκαις, πεντακις, πλευραν, σκαπτειν, συναγαγη, τερασιν, and τετελεκα; while the Septuagint further adds: απειρου, απεκυλιον, αποστει, αφειλον, δραμουμαι, δρασαντι, ειλκυσα, εκζητειται, εκλυσαι, ενκατελιπομεν, ενπεσειται, εξαπατησαι, εξαπεστει, επαιρου, επαυριο, επτερνικαμεν, ετασμον, θαυμασει, καιομενου, κεραμικου, μετοικισαι, μισησης, νευσαι, οικουμενα, προειλατο, προσαγαγης, σκοτειναι, στειραν, Συήνη, and υπομειναι; Ιαπετός, (ירימות) Jerimoth, e.g. 2 Chron 11:18—an otherwise unknown “son of David!”), Βεέλτεθμος (Beltethmus, 1 Esdras 2:15/16), and Ἰαχεὶμ (Jachin, Gen 46:10); Value of نيرو قيصر in standard Abjad
667 = Sons of Adonikam (Nehemiah 7:18)
676 = נרון קיסר
680 = Euphrates (see Aramaic Targum of Rishon Esther 1:4)
686 = נירון קיסר and نيرون قيصر in Maghribi Abjad
699 = Isopsephy of Nicolatian
730 = Isopsephy of ΣΦΛ (Christian sorority, cmp BYX)
731 = Ανθούσα (Smyrna graffito, as per Bagnall)
755 = Πέτρος (Mt 18:18)
765 = Adonikam (Heb)
800 = κύριος = πίστις (cmp. 2 Thes 3:2-3 as noted by early Christians[3])
801 = Alpha and Omega
810 = χις (with terminal sigma)
852 = ונושנתם [1]
855 = Noah (LXX/NT)
860 = χξς (with terminal sigma)
864 = Ἰερουσαλήμ (Rev); ἁγίων
888 = Ἰησοῦς
926 = Adonikam (LXX), Ἰεροσόλυμα (1 Macc 1:20, John 12:12)
1002 = Isopsephy of ΒΥΧ (Christian frat)
1005 = Νέρων; number of Solomon's songs
1038 = Ευελπίστη (Symrna graffito)
1064 = Αἴγυπτος
1178 = μυστήριον
1260 = Σολομων (NT)[5]; "Rectangular" expansion of 36 (see Bauckham citation in Harris); LCM of the first nine triangular numbers, viz. 1, 3, 6, 10, 15, 21, 28, 36 and 45 and multiple of a further three (105, 210 and 630) [Vernon Jenkins]; See also 3.5
1285 = Βαβυλὼν
1310 = ανθρωπος (Hooper's theory on Rev 13:18)
1337 = Νέρων Καῖσαρ
1380 = Βαβυλὼν ἡ μεγάλη
1530 = Σολομωνος
1757 = Nebuchadnezzar (LXX)
1921 = Solomon (Heb)
2051 = Κωνσταντῖνος
2300 = Dan 8:14; Number of balls in a 23-sided triangular pyramid (23*(23+1)*(23+2)/6)
2463 = μυστήριον Βαβυλὼν (2463)
2558 = μυστήριον Βαβυλὼν ἡ μεγάλη
2612 = Nebuchadnezzar + Noah (LXX)
2641 = Κωνσταντινούπολις
2701 = Value of Gen 1:1; Triangular (73)
3000 = Number of Solomon's proverbs
3600 = Taskmasters Solomon appointed (2 Chronicles 2:2,18); six*600 message encoded in pebble triangle[2]; 60x60 temple plans (Ezra 6:3)
144000 = Troops in lamb's army; See also 144
References
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 Rabbi Elie Feder. Gematria Refigured, Mosaica Press, 2022.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Harris, Zachary. Unpublished expanded and updated version of "Forward and Reverse Gematria."
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Blumell and Wayment, The 'Number of the Beast,' in Kraus and Sommer, eds., Book of Seven Seals
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Painchaud, Louis. "The Dragon, the Beasts, and the Gold: The Number of the Beast in the Apocalypse of John," in '"Who is Sitting on Which Beast?" Interpretative Issues in the Book of Revelation', Lupieri, Edmondo and Louis Painchaud, eds., Brepols Publishers, 2023
- ↑ Harris, Zachary. "Forward and Reverse Gematria are Very Different Beasts." Open Theology 10.1 (2024). See also unpublished expanded and updated version.