Abdon עבדון
Abdon (עבדון) is the name of a place in the Tanakh. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 603 sequences of Abdon, the shortest at skip 15 (Exodus 14:18); chance alone would give about 624.
- Found in the Torah
- 603
- Chance alone
- 624
- P (≥ found)
- 0.81
- Shortest skip
- 15
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
603 sequences of עבדון at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 624 that chance alone would produce.
The shortest skip at which עבדון appears in the Torah is 15 — the first at Exodus 14:18, reading backward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–76,212), עבדון is found 4,775 times; chance alone would give about 4,921.
- Genesis 186
- Exodus 110
- Leviticus 64
- Numbers 169
- Deuteronomy 74
The shortest skips
וְיָדְעוּ מִצְרַיִם כִּי־אֲנִי יְהוָה בְּהִכָּבְדִי בְּפַרְעֹה בְּרִכְבּוֹ וּבְפָרָשָֽׁיו
And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I have gotten Me honour upon Pharaoh, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen.’
skip 15, width 15 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 99,032Open in the laboratory →
אֵת מַחְתּוֹת הַֽחַטָּאִים הָאֵלֶּה בְּנַפְשֹׁתָם וְעָשׂוּ אֹתָם רִקֻּעֵי פַחִים צִפּוּי לַמִּזְבֵּחַ כִּֽי־הִקְרִיבֻם לִפְנֵֽי־יְהוָה וַיִּקְדָּשׁוּ וְיִֽהְיוּ לְאוֹת לִבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
even the fire-pans of these men who have sinned at the cost of their lives, and let them be made beaten plates for a covering of the altar—for they are become holy, because they were offered before the LORD—that they may be a sign unto the children of Israel.’
skip 21, width 21 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 217,272Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּגֵּד לְיַעֲקֹב וַיֹּאמֶר הִנֵּה בִּנְךָ יוֹסֵף בָּא אֵלֶיךָ וַיִּתְחַזֵּק יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיֵּשֶׁב עַל־הַמִּטָּֽה
And one told Jacob, and said: ‘Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee.’ And Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed.
skip 21, width 21 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 73,998Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּקְרִיבוּ נְשִׂיאֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל רָאשֵׁי בֵּית אֲבֹתָם הֵם נְשִׂיאֵי הַמַּטֹּת הֵם הָעֹמְדִים עַל־הַפְּקֻדִֽים
that the princes of Israel, the heads of their fathers’houses, offered—these were the princes of the tribes, these are they that were over them that were numbered.
skip 26, width 26 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 198,437Open in the laboratory →
בָּנָיו וּבְנֵי בָנָיו אִתּוֹ בְּנֹתָיו וּבְנוֹת בָּנָיו וְכָל־זַרְעוֹ הֵבִיא אִתּוֹ מִצְרָֽיְמָה
his sons, and his sons’sons with him, his daughters, and his sons’daughters, and all his seed brought he with him into Egypt.
skip 57, width 57 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 70,641Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 3,248 sequences of עבדון at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 3,262).
- Genesis 186
- Exodus 110
- Leviticus 64
- Numbers 169
- Deuteronomy 76
- Joshua 94
- Judges 90
- Samuel 333
- Kings 199
- Isaiah 184
- Jeremiah 217
- Ezekiel 192
- The Twelve 135
- Psalms 267
- Proverbs 89
- Job 115
- Song of Songs 16
- Ruth 10
- Lamentations 14
- Ecclesiastes 31
- Esther 42
- Daniel 127
- Ezra–Nehemiah 190
- Chronicles 298
Outside the Torah
בְּנֵי־יַעְלָה בְנֵי־דַרְקוֹן בְּנֵי גִדֵּֽל
the children of Jaalah, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel;
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 1,061,542Open in the laboratory →
בְּנֵי־יַעְלָא בְנֵי־דַרְקוֹן בְּנֵי גִדֵּֽל
the children of Jala, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel;
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 1,085,128Open in the laboratory →
וַיְהִי כְמָלְכוֹ הִכָּה אֶת־כָּל־בֵּית יָרָבְעָם לֹֽא־הִשְׁאִיר כָּל־נְשָׁמָה לְיָרָבְעָם עַד־הִשְׁמִדוֹ כִּדְבַר יְהוָה אֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר בְּיַד־עַבְדּוֹ אֲחִיָּה הַשִּׁילֹנִֽי
And it came to pass that, as soon as he was king, he smote all the house of Jeroboam; he left not to Jeroboam any that breathed, until he had destroyed him; according unto the saying of the LORD, which He spoke by the hand of His servant Ahijah the Shilonite;
skip 9, width 9 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 511,827Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
עבדון — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as עבדון, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 132.
As a plain word it stands 7 times in the Tanakh, first at Joshua 21:30. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Abdon appear in the Torah codes?
603 sequences of עבדון at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 624 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Abdon in the Torah?
Skip 15, reading backward from Exodus 14:18 — the shortest of 603 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 624.
What is the gematria of Abdon in Hebrew?
Abdon is spelled עבדון — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 132.
How many times is Abdon found in the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 3,248 sequences of עבדון at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 3,262).
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 624 here) beside the count.