Gematria 1,256
1 word, 710 phrases and 4 whole verses in the twenty-four books of the Tanakh carry the value 1,256 under the standard method — 711 matches in all, computed from the consonantal text of the Leningrad Codex.
- Matches
- 711
- Words
- 1
- Phrases
- 710
- Whole verses
- 4
- Distinct spellings
- 1
Where 1,256 stands in the text
בראשית א:טז · phrase
דברי הימים ב לו:ח · phrase
The word that carries 1,256
The first 5 matches
וַיַּעַשׂ אֱלֹהִים אֶת־שְׁנֵי הַמְּאֹרֹת הַגְּדֹלִים אֶת־הַמָּאוֹר הַגָּדֹל לְמֶמְשֶׁלֶת הַיּוֹם וְאֶת־הַמָּאוֹר הַקָּטֹן לְמֶמְשֶׁלֶת הַלַּיְלָה וְאֵת הַכּוֹכָבִֽים
And God made the two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night; and the stars.
וַיַּעַשׂ אֱלֹהִים אֶת־חַיַּת הָאָרֶץ לְמִינָהּ וְאֶת־הַבְּהֵמָה לְמִינָהּ וְאֵת כָּל־רֶמֶשׂ הָֽאֲדָמָה לְמִינֵהוּ וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים כִּי־טֽוֹב
And God made the beast of the earth after its kind, and the cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the ground after its kind; and God saw that it was good.
כִּי יֹדֵעַ אֱלֹהִים כִּי בְּיוֹם אֲכָלְכֶם מִמֶּנּוּ וְנִפְקְחוּ עֵֽינֵיכֶם וִהְיִיתֶם כֵּֽאלֹהִים יֹדְעֵי טוֹב וָרָֽע
for God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as God, knowing good and evil.’
וַֽיְשַׁלְּחֵהוּ יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים מִגַּן־עֵדֶן לַֽעֲבֹד אֶת־הָאֲדָמָה אֲשֶׁר לֻקַּח מִשָּֽׁם
Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.
וַֽיְהִי־נֹחַ בֶּן־חֲמֵשׁ מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד נֹחַ אֶת־שֵׁם אֶת־חָם וְאֶת־יָֽפֶת
And Noah was five hundred years old; and Noah begot Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
1,256 under the other methods
The same number, computed a different way, lands on a different set of words. These are the matches each method finds for 1,256.
Quick answers
What is the gematria of 1,256?
In standard gematria (mispar hechrachi), 1 word, 710 phrases and 4 whole verses of the Tanakh add up to 1,256 — 711 matches in all. The most frequent word is שפתותיכם, found 1 time.
Where does 1,256 first appear in the Tanakh?
At Genesis 1:16, as the phrase המאור הקטן לממשלת.
Nearby values
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