Gematria 216 רט״ז
817 words and 505 phrases in the twenty-four books of the Tanakh carry the value 216 under the standard method — 1,322 matches in all, computed from the consonantal text of the Leningrad Codex.
- Matches
- 1,322
- Words
- 817
- Phrases
- 505
- Whole verses
- 0
- Distinct spellings
- 94
Where 216 stands in the text
בראשית א:כח · word
דברי הימים ב לו:יז · word
The words that carry 216
The 10 most frequent of 94 distinct spellings.
The first 5 matches
וַיְבָרֶךְ אֹתָם אֱלֹהִים וַיֹּאמֶר לָהֶם אֱלֹהִים פְּרוּ וּרְבוּ וּמִלְאוּ אֶת־הָאָרֶץ וְכִבְשֻׁהָ וּרְדוּ בִּדְגַת הַיָּם וּבְעוֹף הַשָּׁמַיִם וּבְכָל־חַיָּה הָֽרֹמֶשֶׂת עַל־הָאָֽרֶץ
And God blessed them; and God said unto them: ‘Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that creepeth upon the earth.’
וְאֵד יַֽעֲלֶה מִן־הָאָרֶץ וְהִשְׁקָה אֶֽת־כָּל־פְּנֵֽי־הָֽאֲדָמָֽה
but there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.
וַיֹּאמֶר לוֹ יְהוָה לָכֵן כָּל־הֹרֵג קַיִן שִׁבְעָתַיִם יֻקָּם וַיָּשֶׂם יְהוָה לְקַיִן אוֹת לְבִלְתִּי הַכּוֹת־אֹתוֹ כָּל־מֹצְאֽוֹ
And the LORD said unto him: ‘Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold.’ And the LORD set a sign for Cain, lest any finding him should smite him.
וַיִּרְאוּ בְנֵי־הָֽאֱלֹהִים אֶת־בְּנוֹת הָֽאָדָם כִּי טֹבֹת הֵנָּה וַיִּקְחוּ לָהֶם נָשִׁים מִכֹּל אֲשֶׁר בָּחָֽרוּ
that the sons of nobles saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives, whomsoever they chose.
וַֽיְהִי בְּאַחַת וְשֵׁשׁ־מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה בָּֽרִאשׁוֹן בְּאֶחָד לַחֹדֶשׁ חָֽרְבוּ הַמַּיִם מֵעַל הָאָרֶץ וַיָּסַר נֹחַ אֶת־מִכְסֵה הַתֵּבָה וַיַּרְא וְהִנֵּה חָֽרְבוּ פְּנֵי הָֽאֲדָמָֽה
And it came to pass in the six hundred and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth; and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and behold, the face of the ground was dried.
216 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 216.
Quick answers
What is the gematria of 216?
In standard gematria (mispar hechrachi), 817 words and 505 phrases of the Tanakh add up to 216 — 1,322 matches in all. The most frequent word is דברי, found 300 times.
How is 216 written in Hebrew letters?
רט״ז — ר (200) + ט (9) + ז (7) = 216.
Where does 216 first appear in the Tanakh?
At Genesis 1:28, as the word ורדו.
Nearby values
Every figure on this page is computed from the Westminster Leningrad Codex at the moment it is served — the consonantal written text, vowel points and cantillation stripped, exactly as the search engine computes it. Nothing here is a stored number.