Explore: Gematria

In numerology, gematria (/ɡəˈmeɪtriə/; Hebrew: גמטריא or גימטריה, gimatriyyā, plural גמטראות or גימטריות, gimatriyyot, borrowed via Aramaic from Koine

Pythagoras of Samos, practiced isopsephy, the Greek predecessor of Jewish gematria. Pythagoras was a contemporary of the philosophers Anaximander, Anaximenes

"numerology" is not recorded in English before c. 1907. The practice of gematria, assigning numerical values to words and names and imputing those values

metal genre towards a groove metal style. Songs such as the opening track "Gematria (The Killing Name)" and the title track espouse the band's more brutal

number are usually interpreted by applying one of three methods: Using gematria to find the numbers that equate to the names of world leaders, to check

changes from מ‎ to ם‎. In gematria, Mem represents the number 40 in both the Standard and Mispar Gadol Methods of Gematria; However, (mem sofit) final

Abjad numerals in Arabic are similar to the alphanumeric codes of Hebrew gematria and Greek isopsephy. The Abjad order of the Arabic alphabet has two slightly

Eliphas Levi before being popularized in contemporary esoteric magic. Gematria was extrapolated from The Equinox vol. 1, no.5 where it was originally

Equinox and, starting in 1981, published additional material about his gematria system over the course of five issues of the journal, finishing in 1982

two heads – which represents both love and fear — Maggid of Mezeritch In gematria, zayin represents the number seven, and when used at the beginning of Hebrew