Gematria 255 רנ״ה
249 words and 410 phrases in the twenty-four books of the Tanakh carry the value 255 under the standard method — 659 matches in all, computed from the consonantal text of the Leningrad Codex.
- Matches
- 659
- Words
- 249
- Phrases
- 410
- Whole verses
- 0
- Distinct spellings
- 52
Where 255 stands in the text
בראשית ג:יב · phrase
דברי הימים ב לג:יב · phrase
The words that carry 255
The 10 most frequent of 52 distinct spellings.
The first 5 matches
וַיֹּאמֶר הָֽאָדָם הָֽאִשָּׁה אֲשֶׁר נָתַתָּה עִמָּדִי הִוא נָֽתְנָה־לִּי מִן־הָעֵץ וָאֹכֵֽל
And the man said: ‘The woman whom Thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.’
וּלְאָדָם אָמַר כִּֽי־שָׁמַעְתָּ לְקוֹל אִשְׁתֶּךָ וַתֹּאכַל מִן־הָעֵץ אֲשֶׁר צִוִּיתִיךָ לֵאמֹר לֹא תֹאכַל מִמֶּנּוּ אֲרוּרָה הָֽאֲדָמָה בַּֽעֲבוּרֶךָ בְּעִצָּבוֹן תֹּֽאכֲלֶנָּה כֹּל יְמֵי חַיֶּֽיךָ
And unto Adam He said: ‘Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying: Thou shalt not eat of it; cursed is the ground for thy sake; in toil shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life.
וְאֶת־הֲדוֹרָם וְאֶת־אוּזָל וְאֶת־דִּקְלָֽה
and Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah;
וַֽיְחִי־תֶרַח שִׁבְעִים שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד אֶת־אַבְרָם אֶת־נָחוֹר וְאֶת־הָרָֽן
And Terah lived seventy years, and begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
וְאֵלֶּה תּוֹלְדֹת תֶּרַח תֶּרַח הוֹלִיד אֶת־אַבְרָם אֶת־נָחוֹר וְאֶת־הָרָן וְהָרָן הוֹלִיד אֶת־לֽוֹט
Now these are the generations of Terah. Terah begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begot Lot.
255 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 255.
Quick answers
What is the gematria of 255?
In standard gematria (mispar hechrachi), 249 words and 410 phrases of the Tanakh add up to 255 — 659 matches in all. The most frequent word is הרים, found 62 times.
How is 255 written in Hebrew letters?
רנ״ה — ר (200) + נ (50) + ה (5) = 255.
Where does 255 first appear in the Tanakh?
At Genesis 3:12, as the phrase מן העץ.
Nearby values
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