Achan עכן
Achan (עכן) is a person named in the Tanakh. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 195,117 sequences of Achan, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 26:28); chance alone would give about 201,256.
- Found in the Torah
- 195,117
- Chance alone
- 201,256
- P (≥ found)
- 1.00
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
195,117 sequences of עכן at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 201,256 that chance alone would produce.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 26:28, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 152,424, the Torah holds 2,934,836 sequences of עכן, against about 3,119,382 from chance alone.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 201,256 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 47,711
- Exodus 39,607
- Leviticus 27,379
- Numbers 38,511
- Deuteronomy 41,909
The shortest skips
וַיֹּאמְרוּ רָאוֹ רָאִינוּ כִּֽי־הָיָה יְהוָה עִמָּךְ וַנֹּאמֶר תְּהִי נָא אָלָה בֵּינוֹתֵינוּ בֵּינֵינוּ וּבֵינֶךָ וְנִכְרְתָה בְרִית עִמָּֽךְ
And they said: ‘We saw plainly that the LORD was with thee; and we said: Let there now be an oath betwixt us, even betwixt us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 35,863Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר עֵשָׂו אַצִּֽיגָה־נָּא עִמְּךָ מִן־הָעָם אֲשֶׁר אִתִּי וַיֹּאמֶר לָמָּה זֶּה אֶמְצָא־חֵן בְּעֵינֵי אֲדֹנִֽי
And Esau said: ‘Let me now leave with thee some of the folk that are with me.’ And he said: ‘What needeth it? let me find favour in the sight of my lord.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 48,945Open in the laboratory →
וְעַל כָּל־נַפְשֹׁת מֵת לֹא יָבֹא לְאָבִיו וּלְאִמּוֹ לֹא יִטַּמָּֽא
neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 173,981Open in the laboratory →
וְכִֽי־יָמוּךְ אָחִיךָ עִמָּךְ וְנִמְכַּר־לָךְ לֹא־תַעֲבֹד בּוֹ עֲבֹדַת עָֽבֶד
And if thy brother be waxen poor with thee, and sell himself unto thee, thou shalt not make him to serve as a bondservant.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 181,496Open in the laboratory →
דַּבֵּר אֶל־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְאָמַרְתָּ אֲלֵהֶם אִישׁ כִּי יַפְלִא נֶדֶר בְּעֶרְכְּךָ נְפָשֹׁת לַֽיהוָֽה
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them: When a man shall clearly utter a vow of persons unto the LORD, according to thy valuation,
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 184,756Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 805,466 sequences of עכן at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 814,250).
- Genesis 47,711
- Exodus 39,607
- Leviticus 27,379
- Numbers 38,511
- Deuteronomy 44,030
- Joshua 26,633
- Judges 22,688
- Samuel 53,341
- Kings 54,890
- Isaiah 51,118
- Jeremiah 56,214
- Ezekiel 50,525
- The Twelve 35,752
- Psalms 71,500
- Proverbs 23,001
- Job 30,380
- Song of Songs 4,176
- Ruth 4,619
- Lamentations 4,517
- Ecclesiastes 9,300
- Esther 8,887
- Daniel 22,786
- Ezra–Nehemiah 28,744
- Chronicles 49,157
Outside the Torah
וְשִׁבְעָה כֹהֲנִים יִשְׂאוּ שִׁבְעָה שׁוֹפְרוֹת הַיּֽוֹבְלִים לִפְנֵי הָאָרוֹן וּבַיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי תָּסֹבּוּ אֶת־הָעִיר שֶׁבַע פְּעָמִים וְהַכֹּהֲנִים יִתְקְעוּ בַּשּׁוֹפָרֽוֹת
And seven priests shall bear seven rams’horns before the ark; and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the horns.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 311,577Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּקְרָא יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בִּן־נוּן אֶל־הַכֹּהֲנִים וַיֹּאמֶר אֲלֵהֶם שְׂאוּ אֶת־אֲרוֹן הַבְּרִית וְשִׁבְעָה כֹֽהֲנִים יִשְׂאוּ שִׁבְעָה שֽׁוֹפְרוֹת יוֹבְלִים לִפְנֵי אֲרוֹן יְהוָֽה
And Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said unto them: ‘Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear seven rams’horns before the ark of the LORD.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 311,796Open in the laboratory →
וַיְהִי בַּפַּעַם הַשְּׁבִיעִית תָּקְעוּ הַכֹּהֲנִים בַּשּׁוֹפָרוֹת וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוֹשֻׁעַ אֶל־הָעָם הָרִיעוּ כִּֽי־נָתַן יְהוָה לָכֶם אֶת־הָעִֽיר
And it came to pass at the seventh time, when the priests blew with the horns, that Joshua said unto the people: ‘Shout; for the LORD hath given you the city.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 312,505Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
עכן — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as עכן, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 140.
As a plain word it stands 6 times in the Tanakh, first at Joshua 7:1. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
The same letters also spell: Akan.
Questions
Is Achan in the Bible code?
195,117 sequences of עכן at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 201,256 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Achan in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 26:28 — the shortest of 195,117 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 201,256.
How is Achan spelled in Hebrew?
Achan is spelled עכן — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 140.
Is Achan in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 805,466 sequences of עכן at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 814,250).
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 201,256 here) beside the count.