Biblical names

Abishua אבישוע

Abishua (אבישוע) is a person named in the Tanakh. In the Torah codes, Abishua is found 273 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 6 (Genesis 46:16) — about what chance alone gives (about 272).

Found in the Torah
273
Chance alone
272
P (≥ found)
0.49
Shortest skip
6

Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.

In the Torah

The Torah holds 273 sequences of אבישוע at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 272).

Its smallest skip in the Torah is 6 — the first at Genesis 46:16, reading forward.

Counting every skip from 2 to 60,969, the Torah holds 1,756 sequences of אבישוע, against about 1,731 from chance alone.

  • Genesis 96
  • Exodus 54
  • Leviticus 36
  • Numbers 54
  • Deuteronomy 33

The shortest skips

  1. Genesis 46:16בראשית מו:טזskip 6, forward

    וּבְנֵי גָד צִפְיוֹן וְחַגִּי שׁוּנִי וְאֶצְבֹּן עֵרִי וַֽאֲרוֹדִי וְאַרְאֵלִֽי

    And the sons of Gad: Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli.

    אבישוע at skip 6, forward from Genesis 46:16ישוניואצבןעריוארודיוראליוניאשרמנהויוהוישיובריהושרחאחתםובניבריעהחבראבישוע
    skip 6, width 6 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 71,014Open in the laboratory →

  2. Numbers 19:8במדבר יט:חskip 7, forward

    וְהַשֹּׂרֵף אֹתָהּ יְכַבֵּס בְּגָדָיו בַּמַּיִם וְרָחַץ בְּשָׂרוֹ בַּמָּיִם וְטָמֵא עַד־הָעָֽרֶב

    And he that burneth her shall wash his clothes in water, and bathe his flesh in water, and shall be unclean until the even.

    אבישוע at skip 7, forward from Numbers 19:8המחנהוטמאהכהןעדהערבוהשרףתהיכבסגדיובמםורחץברובמיםטמאעדהרבואסףאישטהוראתאפרהפרהוהאבישוע
    skip 7, width 7 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 220,988Open in the laboratory →

  3. Genesis 30:26בראשית ל:כוskip 16, forward

    תְּנָה אֶת־נָשַׁי וְאֶת־יְלָדַי אֲשֶׁר עָבַדְתִּי אֹֽתְךָ בָּהֵן וְאֵלֵכָה כִּי אַתָּה יָדַעְתָּ אֶת־עֲבֹדָתִי אֲשֶׁר עֲבַדְתִּֽיךָ

    Give me my wives and my children for whom I have served thee, and let me go; for thou knowest my service wherewith I have served thee.’

    אבישוע at skip 16, forward from Genesis 30:26שרילדהרחלאתיוסףויאמריעקבאללבןשלחניואלכהאלמקומיולארציתנהתנשיואתילדיאשרעדתיאתךבהןואלכהכאתהידעתאתעבדתיארעבדתיךויאמראלילבןאםנאמצאתיחןביניךנחשתיויברכנייקוקבגללךויאמרנקבהשכרךעליואתנהויאמראליואאבישוע
    skip 16, width 16 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 42,603Open in the laboratory →

  4. Genesis 34:6בראשית לד:וskip 27, backward

    וַיֵּצֵא חֲמוֹר אֲבִֽי־שְׁכֶם אֶֽל־יַעֲקֹב לְדַבֵּר אִתּֽוֹ

    And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to speak with him.

    אבישוע at skip 27, backward from Genesis 34:6לראותבבנותהארץויראאתהמורהחוינשיאהארץויקחאתאתהויענהותדבקנפשובדינבויאהבאתהנרוידברעללבאמרשכםאלחמראביולאמרקילדההזאתלאהויעקבשמעכדינהבתוובנוהיואתמקנההחרשיעקבעדאםויצאחמוראליעקבלדברתוובנייעקבשדהכשמעםויתעצבוהאנשיםםמאדכינבלהעשהבישראללשיעקבוכןלאיעשהוידברחמואבישוע
    skip 27, width 27 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown.

    letter 49,443Open in the laboratory →

  5. Deuteronomy 6:14דברים ו:ידskip 42, backward

    לֹא תֵֽלְכוּן אַחֲרֵי אֱלֹהִים אֲחֵרִים מֵאֱלֹהֵי הָֽעַמִּים אֲשֶׁר סְבִיבוֹתֵיכֶֽם

    Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the peoples that are round about you;

    אבישוע at skip 42, backward from Deuteronomy 6:14בביתךובלכתךבדרךובשכבךוהיולטטפתביןעיניךוכתבהיהכייביאךיקוקאלהיךאלהםליצחקוליקבלתתלךערייםמלאיםכלטבאשרלאמלאתמיםוזיתיםארלאנטעתואכיקוקאשרהוצאךמארץמצריתיראואתותעדובשמותשבעמאלהיהעמיםשרסביבותיכךפןיחרהאףיקוקאלהיךבךוסואתיקוקאלהיכםכאשרנסיתיקוקאלהיכםועדתיווחקיאבישוע
    skip 42, width 42 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown.

    letter 261,959Open in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

The whole Tanakh holds 1,117 sequences of אבישוע at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 1,171).

  • Genesis 96
  • Exodus 54
  • Leviticus 36
  • Numbers 54
  • Deuteronomy 41
  • Joshua 36
  • Judges 37
  • Samuel 104
  • Kings 133
  • Isaiah 55
  • Jeremiah 72
  • Ezekiel 56
  • The Twelve 60
  • Psalms 45
  • Proverbs 20
  • Job 31
  • Song of Songs 6
  • Ruth 6
  • Lamentations 7
  • Ecclesiastes 9
  • Esther 5
  • Daniel 15
  • Ezra–Nehemiah 42
  • Chronicles 97

Outside the Torah

  1. 2 Chronicles 2:1דברי הימים ב ב:אskip 7, forward

    וַיִּסְפֹּר שְׁלֹמֹה שִׁבְעִים אֶלֶף אִישׁ סַבָּל וּשְׁמוֹנִים אֶלֶף אִישׁ חֹצֵב בָּהָר וּמְנַצְּחִים עֲלֵיהֶם שְׁלֹשֶׁת אֲלָפִים וְשֵׁשׁ מֵאֽוֹת

    And Solomon counted out threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand men that were hewers in the mountains, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them.

    אבישוע at skip 7, forward from 2 Chronicles 2:1ביתלמלכותוויספרשלמהשבעיםלףאישסלושמונםאלףאיחצבבהרמנצחיםליהםשלשתאלפיםוששמאותוישלאבישוע
    skip 7, width 7 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 1,143,264Open in the laboratory →

  2. 1 Kings 2:12מלכים א ב:יבskip 9, backward

    וּשְׁלֹמֹה יָשַׁב עַל־כִּסֵּא דָּוִד אָבִיו וַתִּכֹּן מַלְכֻתוֹ מְאֹֽד

    And Solomon sat upon the throne of David his father; and his kingdom was established firmly.

    אבישוע at skip 9, backward from 1 Kings 2:12ךדודעלישראלארבעיםשנהבחברוןמלךשבשניםובירשלםמלךשליםושלששנםושלמהישעלכסאדודביוותכןמלכתומאדויבאאדניהובןחגיתאבישוע
    skip 9, width 9 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 481,089Open in the laboratory →

  3. 2 Samuel 19:10שמואל ב יט:יskip 10, backward

    וַיְהִי כָל־הָעָם נָדוֹן בְּכָל־שִׁבְטֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לֵאמֹר הַמֶּלֶךְ הִצִּילָנוּ מִכַּף אֹיְבֵינוּ וְהוּא מִלְּטָנוּ מִכַּף פְּלִשְׁתִּים וְעַתָּה בָּרַח מִן־הָאָרֶץ מֵעַל אַבְשָׁלֽוֹם

    And all the people were at strife throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying: ‘The king delivered us out of the hand of our enemies, and he saved us out of the hand of the Philistines; and now he is fled out of the land from Absalom.

    אבישוע at skip 10, backward from 2 Samuel 19:10העםהגידולאמרהנההמלךיושבבשערויבאכלהםלפניהמלךישראלנסאילאהליוויהכלהעםנדוןכלשבטיישרללאמרהמלךהצילנומכףאיבינווהואמלטנומכאבישוע
    skip 10, width 10 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 466,495Open in the laboratory →

The spelling

אבישוע — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as אבישוע, 6 letters, with a standard gematria value of 389.

As a plain word it stands 3 times in the Tanakh, first at Ezra 7:5. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

Questions

Does Abishua appear in the Torah codes?

The Torah holds 273 sequences of אבישוע at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 272).

What is the shortest skip for Abishua in the Torah?

Skip 6, reading forward from Genesis 46:16 — the shortest of 273 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 272.

How is Abishua spelled in Hebrew?

Abishua is spelled אבישוע — 6 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 389.

Is Abishua in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?

The whole Tanakh holds 1,117 sequences of אבישוע at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 1,171).

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