Gematria 188 קפ״ח
177 words and 441 phrases in the twenty-four books of the Tanakh carry the value 188 under the standard method — 618 matches in all, computed from the consonantal text of the Leningrad Codex.
- Matches
- 618
- Words
- 177
- Phrases
- 441
- Whole verses
- 0
- Distinct spellings
- 41
Where 188 stands in the text
בראשית ט:יא · phrase
דברי הימים ב לו:כב · phrase
The words that carry 188
The 10 most frequent of 41 distinct spellings.
The first 5 matches
וַהֲקִמֹתִי אֶת־בְּרִיתִי אִתְּכֶם וְלֹֽא־יִכָּרֵת כָּל־בָּשָׂר עוֹד מִמֵּי הַמַּבּוּל וְלֹֽא־יִהְיֶה עוֹד מַבּוּל לְשַׁחֵת הָאָֽרֶץ
And I will establish My covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of the flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.’
וַיֹּאמֶר אַבְרָם אֲדֹנָי יֱהוִה מַה־תִּתֶּן־לִי וְאָנֹכִי הוֹלֵךְ עֲרִירִי וּבֶן־מֶשֶׁק בֵּיתִי הוּא דַּמֶּשֶׂק אֱלִיעֶֽזֶר
And Abram said: ‘O Lord GOD, what wilt Thou give me, seeing I go hence childless, and he that shall be possessor of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?’
לְכָה נַשְׁקֶה אֶת־אָבִינוּ יַיִן וְנִשְׁכְּבָה עִמּוֹ וּנְחַיֶּה מֵאָבִינוּ זָֽרַע
Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.’
וַֽיְהִי מִֽמָּחֳרָת וַתֹּאמֶר הַבְּכִירָה אֶל־הַצְּעִירָה הֵן־שָׁכַבְתִּי אֶמֶשׁ אֶת־אָבִי נַשְׁקֶנּוּ יַיִן גַּם־הַלַּיְלָה וּבֹאִי שִׁכְבִי עִמּוֹ וּנְחַיֶּה מֵאָבִינוּ זָֽרַע
And it came to pass on the morrow, that the first-born said unto the younger: ‘Behold, I lay yesternight with my father. Let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.’
וַיֹּאמֶר אַבְרָהָם כִּי אָמַרְתִּי רַק אֵין־יִרְאַת אֱלֹהִים בַּמָּקוֹם הַזֶּה וַהֲרָגוּנִי עַל־דְּבַר אִשְׁתִּֽי
And Abraham said: ‘Because I thought: Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife’s sake.
188 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 188.
Quick answers
What is the gematria of 188?
In standard gematria (mispar hechrachi), 177 words and 441 phrases of the Tanakh add up to 188 — 618 matches in all. The most frequent word is במקום, found 72 times.
How is 188 written in Hebrew letters?
קפ״ח — ק (100) + פ (80) + ח (8) = 188.
Where does 188 first appear in the Tanakh?
At Genesis 9:11, as the phrase יהיה עוד מבול.
Nearby values
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