Every Name in Tanakh

גַּן Gan

Every verse in which this name stands — 1 place, in canonical order, first appearance to last. These are the occurrences our own corpus tags as this name, counting every form the text writes it in, which is the number on the list.

Other nameGematria 58×1 named in TanakhFirst appearance:

The name stands once in the Tanakh, at 2 Kings 9:27.

2 Kings 9:27מלכים ב ט:כז

וַאֲחַזְיָה מֶֽלֶךְ־יְהוּדָה רָאָה וַיָּנָס דֶּרֶךְ בֵּית הַגָּן וַיִּרְדֹּף אַחֲרָיו יֵהוּא וַיֹּאמֶר גַּם־אֹתוֹ הַכֻּהוּ אֶל־הַמֶּרְכָּבָה בְּמַֽעֲלֵה־גוּר אֲשֶׁר אֶֽת־יִבְלְעָם וַיָּנָס מְגִדּוֹ וַיָּמָת שָֽׁם

But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled by the way of the garden-house. And Jehu followed after him, and said: ‘Smite him also in the chariot’; [and they smote him] at the ascent of Gur, which is by Ibleam. And he fled to Megiddo, and died there.

Quick answers

What is the gematria of Gan?

Gan — הגן in Hebrew — has a gematria of 58 in the standard method.

How many times is Gan named in the Tanakh?

1 time, first at 2 Kings 9:27.

A spelling is not a name. The written word הגן stands 8 times in the corpus, which is a different question and often a different number: the same letters can spell another name or an ordinary word, and a name written with a particle attached is a word that search never returns. It is here, as itself.

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