The Sages of the Talmud
Every sage the Talmud Bavli names, read off the Bavli itself: 473 of them, from the Pairs to the Savoraim, with the era and generation each belongs to, how often the Talmud writes his name, and the gematria of that name under all seven methods.
The Amoraim — the sages of the Gemara, who explained the Mishnah in the academies of Babylonia and the Land of Israel (c. 220–500 CE).
All generations1st generation · Babylonia1st generation · Land of Israel2nd generation · Babylonia2nd generation · Land of Israel3rd generation · Babylonia3rd generation · Land of Israel4th generation · Babylonia4th generation · Land of Israel5th generation · Babylonia5th generation · Land of Israel6th generation · Babylonia7th generation · Babylonia8th generation · Babylonia
58 of 473 sages — in the order they first stand in the printed Shas, Berachot forward
רבי אמיRabbi AmiAmora of the Land of Israel · 3rd generation×300named263רבי זריקאRabbi ZerikaAmora of the Land of Israel · 3rd generation×32named530רבי אבא בר כהנאRabbi Abba bar KahanaAmora of the Land of Israel · 3rd generation×26named494רבי זיראRabbi ZeiraAmora of the Land of Israel · 3rd generation×599named430רבי לויRabbi LeviAmora of the Land of Israel · 3rd generation×74named258רבי יצחקRabbi Yitzchak NafchaAmora of the Land of Israel · 3rd generation×404named420רבי חנינא בר פפאRabbi Chanina bar PapaAmora of the Land of Israel · 3rd generation×52named694רב אחא בר חנינאRav Acha bar ChaninaAmora of the Land of Israel · 3rd generation×40named533רבי יעקב בר אידיRabbi Yaakov bar IdiAmora of the Land of Israel · 3rd generation×45named621רבי אבאRabbi AbbaAmora of the Land of Israel · 3rd generation×316named216רבי חייא בר אבאRabbi Chiya bar AbbaAmora of the Land of Israel · 3rd generation×321named447רבי חלבוRabbi ChelboAmora of the Land of Israel · 3rd generation×45named258רבי אבהוRabbi AbbahuAmora of the Land of Israel · 3rd generation×460named226רבי שמואל בר נחמניRabbi Shmuel bar NachmaniAmora of the Land of Israel · 3rd generation×183named949רבי חייא בר אמיRabbi Chiya bar AmiAmora of the Land of Israel · 3rd generation×17named494רבי אסיRabbi AssiAmora of the Land of Israel · 3rd generation×198named283רבי אילעאRabbi IlaiAmora of the Land of Israel · 3rd generation×174named324רבי שמעון בן פזיRabbi Shimon ben PaziAmora of the Land of Israel · 3rd generation×54named827רבי אבא בר זבדאRabbi Abba bar ZavdaAmora of the Land of Israel · 3rd generation×27named432רבי יעקבRabbi YaakovAmora of the Land of Israel · 3rd generation×146named394רב שמואל בר יצחקRav Shmuel bar YitzchakAmora of the Land of Israel · 3rd generation×25named989רבי טביRabbi TaviAmora of the Land of Israel · 3rd generation×12named233רבי אלכסנדריRabbi AlexandriAmora of the Land of Israel · 3rd generation×20named587רבי אחא בר יעקבRabbi Acha bar YaakovAmora of the Land of Israel · 3rd generation×6named606רבי יעקב בר אחאRabbi Yaakov bar AchaAmora of the Land of Israel · 3rd generation×18named606רב שמן בר אבאRav Shemen bar AbbaAmora of the Land of Israel · 3rd generation×28named798רבי בנימין בר יפתRabbi Binyamin bar YefetAmora of the Land of Israel · 3rd generation×13named1,066רבי יצחק בר נחמניRabbi Yitzchak bar NachmaniAmora of the Land of Israel · 3rd generation×17named780רבי חנןRabbi ChananAmora of the Land of Israel · 3rd generation×22named320רבי שמואל בר רבRabbi Shmuel bar RavAmora of the Land of Israel · 3rd generation×3named993רבי שילאRabbi ShilaAmora of the Land of Israel · 3rd generation×36named553רבי נחוםRabbi NachumAmora of the Land of Israel · 3rd generation×5named316רבי ירמיה בן אלעזרRabbi Yirmiya ben ElazarAmora of the Land of Israel · 3rd generation×12named837רבי תנחום בר חנילאיRabbi Tanchum bar ChanilaiAmora of the Land of Israel · 3rd generation×13named1,027רבי שמואלRabbi ShmuelAmora of the Land of Israel · 3rd generation×14named589רבי סימאיRabbi SimaiAmora of the Land of Israel · 3rd generation×31named333רב שמואל בר רב יצחקRav Shmuel bar Rav YitzchakAmora of the Land of Israel · 3rd generation×37named1,191רב באRav BaAmora of the Land of Israel · 3rd generation×5named205רבי אחיRabbi AchiAmora of the Land of Israel · 3rd generation×11named231רב נתן בר אושעיאRav Natan bar OshayaAmora of the Land of Israel · 3rd generation×15named1,292רבי אבדימי דמן חיפהRabbi Avdimi of HaifaAmora of the Land of Israel · 3rd generation×6named476רבי חנניאRabbi ChananyaAmora of the Land of Israel · 3rd generation×69named331רבי חזקיהRabbi ChizkiyaAmora of the Land of Israel · 3rd generation×23named342רבי שמעון בר אבאRabbi Shimon bar AbbaAmora of the Land of Israel · 3rd generation×10named884רב חמא בר עוקבאRav Chama bar UkvaAmora of the Land of Israel · 3rd generation×4named632רבי מני בר פטישRabbi Mani bar PatishAmora of the Land of Israel · 3rd generation×10named913רבי שמואל בר רב יצחקRabbi Shmuel bar Rav YitzchakAmora of the Land of Israel · 3rd generation×25named1,201רבי אבא בר ממלRabbi Abba bar MemelAmora of the Land of Israel · 3rd generation×44named528רבי יסאRabbi YasaAmora of the Land of Israel · 3rd generation×4named283רבי חייא בר אדאRabbi Chiya bar AddaAmora of the Land of Israel · 3rd generation×5named449רבי בנימיןRabbi BinyaminAmora of the Land of Israel · 3rd generation×6named374רבי חמא בר עוקבאRabbi Chama bar UkvaAmora of the Land of Israel · 3rd generation×4named642רבי אמי בר אבאRabbi Ami bar AbbaAmora of the Land of Israel · 3rd generation×3named469רבי יהושע בר ממלRabbi Yehoshua bar MemelAmora of the Land of Israel · 3rd generation×3named915רבי ינאי ברבי ישמעאלRabbi Yannai berabbi YishmaelAmora of the Land of Israel · 3rd generation×3named948רבי שמואל בר נדבRabbi Shmuel bar NadavAmora of the Land of Israel · 3rd generation×2named847רב אושעיא (ארץ ישראל)Rav Oshaya (Eretz Yisrael)Amora of the Land of Israel · 3rd generation×0named1,422רבי חנינא בר ביסאRabbi Chanina bar BisaAmora of the Land of Israel · 3rd generation×0named606
What a count here counts. A mention is an occurrence of a name-form listed in the roster, found by longest match across the whole roster. It is not a scholarly attribution census.
- A sugya that argues about Rabbi Akiva's position for half a page without writing his name again counts once, not once per argument.
- A ruling given anonymously that the tradition ascribes to a particular sage counts for nobody — this index reads the letters on the page, not the attribution literature.
- Where a form is one more than one sage answers to, nobody is credited: 2,270 such occurrences are recorded and left uncounted rather than guessed.
78,565 occurrences are credited across the Shas. 2,270 more are recorded and credited to nobody, because the form standing there is one more than one sage answers to, and 203 are titles the roster does not yet hold a name for — a to-do list, not a silent loss. The roster’s names, generations and teacher–student lines follow the traditional Jewish reference works — סדר תנאים ואמוראים (Seder Tannaim v'Amoraim) · אגרת רב שרירא גאון (Iggeret Rav Sherira Gaon) · סדר הדורות (Seder HaDorot, R. Yechiel Heilprin) · יוחסין (Sefer Yuchasin, R. Avraham Zacuto) — together with the Bavli’s own usage as counted in this corpus.
Talmud Bavli, Wikisource edition, via Sefaria — CC BY-SA 4.0. The gematria is the value of a NAME, computed by the same engine that runs every search; not one word of the Talmud is indexed, searched or valued anywhere in this app.