Arvad ארוד
Arvad (ארוד) is the name of a place in the Tanakh. Arvad appears 36,779 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, 1.5% more than chance alone would give (about 36,248; probability 0.0027).
- Found in the Torah
- 36,779
- Chance alone
- 36,248
- P (≥ found)
- 0.0027
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
At skips 2–5,000, ארוד appears 36,779 times in the Torah — 1.5% more than the 36,248 chance alone would give; the probability of 36,779 or more by chance alone is 0.0027.
The shortest skip at which ארוד appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 23:14, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–101,616), ארוד is found 369,362 times; chance alone would give about 377,701.
- Genesis 11,608
- Exodus 7,354
- Leviticus 4,876
- Numbers 7,182
- Deuteronomy 5,759
The shortest skips
וַיַּעַן עֶפְרוֹן אֶת־אַבְרָהָם לֵאמֹר לֽוֹ
And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him:
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 29,005Open in the laboratory →
וְיוֹסֵף הוּרַד מִצְרָיְמָה וַיִּקְנֵהוּ פּוֹטִיפַר סְרִיס פַּרְעֹה שַׂר הַטַּבָּחִים אִישׁ מִצְרִי מִיַּד הַיִּשְׁמְעֵאלִים אֲשֶׁר הוֹרִדֻהוּ שָֽׁמָּה
And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh’s, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hand of the Ishmaelites, that had brought him down thither.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 57,591Open in the laboratory →
וְכֶסֶף אַחֵר הוֹרַדְנוּ בְיָדֵנוּ לִשְׁבָּר־אֹכֶל לֹא יָדַעְנוּ מִי־שָׂם כַּסְפֵּנוּ בְּאַמְתְּחֹתֵֽינוּ
And other money have we brought down in our hand to buy food. We know not who put our money in our sacks.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 66,285Open in the laboratory →
וּמוֹלַדְתְּךָ אֲשֶׁר־הוֹלַדְתָּ אַחֲרֵיהֶם לְךָ יִהְיוּ עַל שֵׁם אֲחֵיהֶם יִקָּרְאוּ בְּנַחֲלָתָֽם
And thy issue, that thou begettest after them, shall be thine; they shall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 74,204Open in the laboratory →
וְחָגַרְתָּ אֹתָם אַבְנֵט אַהֲרֹן וּבָנָיו וְחָבַשְׁתָּ לָהֶם מִגְבָּעֹת וְהָיְתָה לָהֶם כְּהֻנָּה לְחֻקַּת עוֹלָם וּמִלֵּאתָ יַֽד־אַהֲרֹן וְיַד־בָּנָֽיו
And thou shalt gird them with girdles, Aaron and his sons, and bind head-tires on them; and they shall have the priesthood by a perpetual statute; and thou shalt consecrate Aaron and his sons.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 121,003Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 157,293 sequences of ארוד at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 158,268).
- Genesis 11,608
- Exodus 7,354
- Leviticus 4,876
- Numbers 7,182
- Deuteronomy 6,285
- Joshua 5,073
- Judges 4,903
- Samuel 18,796
- Kings 13,437
- Isaiah 8,550
- Jeremiah 11,006
- Ezekiel 9,847
- The Twelve 7,272
- Psalms 8,732
- Proverbs 2,930
- Job 4,022
- Song of Songs 446
- Ruth 683
- Lamentations 548
- Ecclesiastes 1,205
- Esther 1,786
- Daniel 4,594
- Ezra–Nehemiah 4,382
- Chronicles 11,776
Outside the Torah
הִנֵּה אֲנַחְנוּ בָאִים בָּאָרֶץ אֶת־תִּקְוַת חוּט הַשָּׁנִי הַזֶּה תִּקְשְׁרִי בַּֽחַלּוֹן אֲשֶׁר הוֹרַדְתֵּנוּ בוֹ וְאֶת־אָבִיךְ וְאֶת־אִמֵּךְ וְאֶת־אַחַיִךְ וְאֵת כָּל־בֵּית אָבִיךְ תַּאַסְפִי אֵלַיִךְ הַבָּֽיְתָה
Behold, when we come into the land, thou shalt bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us down by; and thou shalt gather unto thee into the house thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy father’s household.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 307,186Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּקְרְאוּ שֵׁם־הָעִיר דָּן בְּשֵׁם דָּן אֲבִיהֶם אֲשֶׁר יוּלַּד לְיִשְׂרָאֵל וְאוּלָם לַיִשׁ שֵׁם־הָעִיר לָרִאשֹׁנָֽה
And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born unto Israel; howbeit the name of the city was Laish at the first.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 376,843Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּפְנוּ וַיָּנֻסוּ הַמִּדְבָּרָה אֶל־סֶלַע הָֽרִמּוֹן וַיְעֹֽלְלֻהוּ בַּֽמְסִלּוֹת חֲמֵשֶׁת אֲלָפִים אִישׁ וַיַּדְבִּיקוּ אַחֲרָיו עַד־גִּדְעֹם וַיַּכּוּ מִמֶּנּוּ אַלְפַּיִם אִֽישׁ
And they turned and fled toward the wilderness unto the rock of Rimmon; and they gleaned of them in the highways five thousand men; and followed hard after them unto Gidom, and smote of them two thousand men.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 381,872Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
ארוד — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as ארוד, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 211.
As a plain word it stands 1 time in the Tanakh, first at Ezekiel 27:11. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
The same letters also spell: Arod.
Questions
Is Arvad in the Bible code?
At skips 2–5,000, ארוד appears 36,779 times in the Torah — 1.5% more than the 36,248 chance alone would give; the probability of 36,779 or more by chance alone is 0.0027.
What is the shortest skip for Arvad in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 23:14 — the shortest of 36,779 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 36,248.
What is the gematria of Arvad in Hebrew?
Arvad is spelled ארוד — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 211.
How many times is Arvad found in the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 157,293 sequences of ארוד at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 158,268).
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 36,248 here) beside the count.