Gemmatria

Gematria is the study of the numeric equivalents of Hebrew and Greek letters. In both Hebrew and Greek (the languages in which the Bible was written), there are only alpha characters. There are no numeric characters. Therefore, when a Hebrew would want to write a number, he would use the corresponding Hebrew letter.

Hebrew
Letter		 Hebrew
Name		 English
Letter		 Numeric
Value		   Hebrew
Letter		 Hebrew
Name		 English
Letter		 Numeric
Value
א aleph silent (א) 1 or 1000 ל lamed low 30
ב Bet boy 2 מ),ם)* mem mike 40 (600)
ג gimel god 3 ן),נ)* nun new 50 (700)
ד deled dog 4 ס samech sam 60
ה heh hi 5 ע ayin silent 70
ו vav very, up 6 ף),פ)* pey pet, phone 80 (800)
ז zayin zebrea 7 ץ),צ)* tzadi nets 90 (900)
ח ches bach 8 ק kuf q, kit 100
ט tes test 9 ר reish race 200
י yod you 10 ש shin sam, shem 300
ך),כ)* chof kit 20 (500) ת tof test 400

*final form is form of letter found when it occurs at the end of a word. Greek Letter Equivalents

Greek Letter Greek
Name		 English Letter Numeric
Value		   Greek Letter Greek Name English Letter Numeric
Value
A,a alpha father 1 N,n nu new 50
B,b Beta boy 2 X,x xi box 60
G,g Gamma god 3 O,o omikron off 70
D,d delta dog 4 P,p pi pet 80
E,e epsilon end 5       90 is
R,r rho rat 100
      6 is sigma, V final form S,s,V* sigma sam (s,V) 6, 200
Z,z zeta zebra 7
H,h eta hey 8 T,t tau test 300
Q,q theta thick (q) 9 U,u upsilon up 400
I,i iota it 10 F,f phi phone (f) 500
K,k kappa kit 20 C,c chi bach 600
L,l lamda low 30 Y,y psi cups (y) 700
M,m mu mike 40 W,w omega orange (w) 800
900 = sampsi

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