Achashverosh (Ahasuerus · אחשורוש)
Achashverosh (Ahasuerus · אחשורוש) is a person named in the Tanakh. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 8 sequences of Achashverosh (Ahasuerus), the shortest at skip 337 (Deuteronomy 4:32); chance alone would give about 9.5.
- Found in the Torah
- 8
- Chance alone
- 9.5
- P (≥ found)
- 0.73
- Shortest skip
- 337
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
8 sequences of אחשורוש at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 9.5 that chance alone would produce.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 337 — the first at Deuteronomy 4:32, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 50,808, the Torah holds 49 sequences of אחשורוש, against about 50.6 from chance alone.
- Genesis 2
- Exodus 2
- Leviticus 2
- Deuteronomy 2
The shortest skips
כִּי שְׁאַל־נָא לְיָמִים רִֽאשֹׁנִים אֲשֶׁר־הָיוּ לְפָנֶיךָ לְמִן־הַיּוֹם אֲשֶׁר בָּרָא אֱלֹהִים אָדָם עַל־הָאָרֶץ וּלְמִקְצֵה הַשָּׁמַיִם וְעַד־קְצֵה הַשָּׁמָיִם הֲנִֽהְיָה כַּדָּבָר הַגָּדוֹל הַזֶּה אוֹ הֲנִשְׁמַע כָּמֹֽהוּ
For ask now of the days past, which were before thee, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and from the one end of heaven unto the other, whether there hath been any such thing as this great thing is, or hath been heard like it?
skip 337, width 337 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 258,405Open in the laboratory →
וַיְהִי בְּשַׁחֵת אֱלֹהִים אֶת־עָרֵי הַכִּכָּר וַיִּזְכֹּר אֱלֹהִים אֶת־אַבְרָהָם וַיְשַׁלַּח אֶת־לוֹט מִתּוֹךְ הַהֲפֵכָה בַּהֲפֹךְ אֶת־הֶעָרִים אֲשֶׁר־יָשַׁב בָּהֵן לֽוֹט
And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the Plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when He overthrew the cities in which Lot dwelt.
skip 684, width 684 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 23,835Open in the laboratory →
וּלְאַבְרָם הֵיטִיב בַּעֲבוּרָהּ וַֽיְהִי־לוֹ צֹאן־וּבָקָר וַחֲמֹרִים וַעֲבָדִים וּשְׁפָחֹת וַאֲתֹנֹת וּגְמַלִּֽים
And he dealt well with Abram for her sake; and he had sheep, and oxen, and he-asses, and men-servants, and maid-servants, and she-asses, and camels.
skip 987, width 987 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 14,918Open in the laboratory →
וַיְדַבֵּר יְהוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה לֵּאמֹֽר
And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying:
skip 2,323, width 2,323 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 144,297Open in the laboratory →
בַּעֲלֹתִי הָהָרָה לָקַחַת לוּחֹת הָֽאֲבָנִים לוּחֹת הַבְּרִית אֲשֶׁר־כָּרַת יְהוָה עִמָּכֶם וָאֵשֵׁב בָּהָר אַרְבָּעִים יוֹם וְאַרְבָּעִים לַיְלָה לֶחֶם לֹא אָכַלְתִּי וּמַיִם לֹא שָׁתִֽיתִי
When I was gone up into the mount to receive the tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant which the LORD made with you, then I abode in the mount forty days and forty nights; I did neither eat bread nor drink water.
skip 3,034, width 3,034 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 266,000Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 32 sequences of אחשורוש at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 34.3).
- Genesis 2
- Exodus 2
- Leviticus 2
- Deuteronomy 3
- Joshua 3
- Judges 1
- Samuel 7
- Kings 1
- Jeremiah 1
- The Twelve 1
- Psalms 4
- Proverbs 1
- Job 1
- Ezra–Nehemiah 1
- Chronicles 2
Outside the Torah
וַיַּשְׁכִּמוּ וַיְהִי כַּעֲלוֹת הַשַּׁחַר וַיִּקְרָא שְׁמוּאֵל אֶל־שָׁאוּל הגג לֵאמֹר קוּמָה וַאֲשַׁלְּחֶךָּ וַיָּקָם שָׁאוּל וַיֵּצְאוּ שְׁנֵיהֶם הוּא וּשְׁמוּאֵל הַחֽוּצָה
And they arose early; and it came to pass about the break of day, that Samuel called to Saul on the housetop, saying: ‘Up, that I may send thee away.’ And Saul arose, and they went out both of them, he and Samuel, abroad.
skip 60, width 60 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 396,540Open in the laboratory →
וְהָֽרַבִּית וְקִשְׁיוֹן וָאָֽבֶץ
and Rabbith, and Kishion, and Ebez;
skip 203, width 203 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 334,193Open in the laboratory →
וַיָּשֻׁבוּ אֶל־יְהוֹשֻׁעַ וַיֹּאמְרוּ אֵלָיו אַל־יַעַל כָּל־הָעָם כְּאַלְפַּיִם אִישׁ אוֹ כִּשְׁלֹשֶׁת אֲלָפִים אִישׁ יַעֲלוּ וְיַכּוּ אֶת־הָעָי אַל־תְּיַגַּע־שָׁמָּה אֶת־כָּל־הָעָם כִּי מְעַט הֵֽמָּה
And they returned to Joshua, and said unto him: ‘Let not all the people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and smite Ai; make not all the people to toil thither; for they are but few.’
skip 459, width 459 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 313,563Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
אחשורוש — the Tanakh's own spelling: Ahasuerus. Searched as אחשורוש, 7 letters, with a standard gematria value of 821.
As a plain word it stands 26 times in the Tanakh, first at Esther 1:1. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
The same letters also spell: Ahasuerus.
Questions
Is Achashverosh (Ahasuerus) in the Torah codes?
8 sequences of אחשורוש at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 9.5 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Achashverosh (Ahasuerus) in the Torah?
Skip 337, reading forward from Deuteronomy 4:32 — the shortest of 8 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 9.5.
How is Achashverosh (Ahasuerus) spelled in Hebrew?
Achashverosh is spelled אחשורוש — 7 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 821.
Is Achashverosh (Ahasuerus) in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 32 sequences of אחשורוש at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 34.3).
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 9.5 here) beside the count.