Athens אתונה
Athens — in Hebrew אתונה — capital of Greece. In the Torah codes, Athens is found 52,353 times across every skip (2–76,212), the shortest at skip 3 (Deuteronomy 12:3) — 0.9% above the 51,863 chance alone would give (probability of 52,353 or more by chance alone: 0.02).
- Found in the Torah · every skip
- 52,353
- Chance alone · every skip
- 51,863
- P (≥ found) · every skip
- 0.02
- Shortest skip
- 3
- Longest skip found
- 75,987
Every skip the Torah allows for a spelling of 5 letters (2–76,212), both directions, final letters folded, the written text.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 6,615 found · chance alone about 6,581 (probability of 6,615 or more by chance alone: 0.34).
In the Torah
The Torah holds 52,353 sequences of אתונה across every skip (2–76,212), 0.9% above what chance alone gives (about 51,863); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.02 by chance alone.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 3 — at Deuteronomy 12:3, reading forward.
The longest skip at which אתונה was found in the Torah is 75,987 — at Genesis 1:14, reading forward; a spelling of 5 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 76,212.
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 14,087
- Exodus 11,226
- Leviticus 8,836
- Numbers 9,548
- Deuteronomy 8,656
Examples across the range
5 of the 52,353 sequences, chosen across the range of skips — the shortest, mid-range skips and the longest found — each with its verse and its matrix.
Under each example, every letter of the sequence is listed with the verse it stands in. A letter falls in its verse by position alone — one letter every so many letters of the text — so the verses are where the letters stand, not part of the sequence's meaning.
Letter by letter
- אDeuteronomy 12:3
… וְאִבַּדְתֶּם אֶת־שְׁמָם מִן־הַמָּקוֹם הַהֽוּא
And ye shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and burn their Asherim with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods; and ye shall destroy their name out of that place.
- ת ו ן הDeuteronomy 12:4
לֹֽא־תַעֲשׂוּן כֵּן לַיהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם
Ye shall not do so unto the LORD your God.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 270,806 of the TorahOpen at skip 3 in the laboratory →
- אDeuteronomy 12:3
Letter by letter
- א ת ו נ הLeviticus 10:14
… שׁוֹק הַתְּרוּמָה תֹּֽאכְלוּ בְּמָקוֹם טָהוֹר אַתָּה וּבָנֶיךָ וּבְנֹתֶיךָ אִתָּךְ כִּֽי־חָקְךָ וְחָק־בָּנֶיךָ נִתְּנוּ …
And the breast of waving and the thigh of heaving shall ye eat in a clean place; thou, and thy sons, and thy daughters with thee; for they are given as thy due, and thy sons’due, out of the sacrifices of the peace-offerings of the children of Israel.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 154,985 of the TorahOpen at skip 3 in the laboratory →
- א ת ו נ הLeviticus 10:14
- אExodus 1:5
וַֽיְהִי כָּל־נֶפֶשׁ יֹצְאֵי יֶֽרֶךְ־יַעֲקֹב שִׁבְעִים נָפֶשׁ וְיוֹסֵף הָיָה בְמִצְרָֽיִם
And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls; and Joseph was in Egypt already.
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
- תExodus 1:7
וּבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל פָּרוּ וַֽיִּשְׁרְצוּ וַיִּרְבּוּ וַיַּֽעַצְמוּ בִּמְאֹד מְאֹד וַתִּמָּלֵא הָאָרֶץ אֹתָֽם
And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.
- וExodus 1:10
… יִרְבֶּה וְהָיָה כִּֽי־תִקְרֶאנָה מִלְחָמָה וְנוֹסַף גַּם־הוּא עַל־שֹׂנְאֵינוּ וְנִלְחַם …
come, let us deal wisely with them, lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there befalleth us any war, they also join themselves unto our enemies, and fight against us, and get them up out of the land.’
- נExodus 1:12
וְכַאֲשֶׁר יְעַנּוּ אֹתוֹ כֵּן יִרְבֶּה וְכֵן יִפְרֹץ וַיָּקֻצוּ מִפְּנֵי בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and the more they spread abroad. And they were adread because of the children of Israel.
- הExodus 1:14
… קָשָׁה בְּחֹמֶר וּבִלְבֵנִים וּבְכָל־עֲבֹדָה בַּשָּׂדֶה אֵת כָּל־עֲבֹדָתָם אֲשֶׁר־עָבְדוּ …
And they made their lives bitter with hard service, in mortar and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field; in all their service, wherein they made them serve with rigour.
skip 103, width 103 — one row is 103 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 78,174 of the TorahOpen at skip 103 in the laboratory →
- אExodus 1:5
- אNumbers 24:17
… מִֽיַּעֲקֹב וְקָם שֵׁבֶט מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל וּמָחַץ פַּאֲתֵי מוֹאָב וְקַרְקַר כָּל־בְּנֵי־שֵֽׁת …
I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not nigh; There shall step forth a star out of Jacob, And a scepter shall rise out of Israel, And shall smite through the corners of Moab, And break down all the sons of Seth.
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
- תNumbers 25:14
… הַמִּדְיָנִית זִמְרִי בֶּן־סָלוּא נְשִׂיא בֵֽית־אָב לַשִּׁמְעֹנִֽי
Now the name of the man of Israel that was slain, who was slain with the Midianitish woman, was Zimri, the son of Salu, a prince of a fathers’house among the Simeonites.
- וNumbers 26:19
בְּנֵי יְהוּדָה עֵר וְאוֹנָן וַיָּמָת עֵר וְאוֹנָן בְּאֶרֶץ כְּנָֽעַן
The sons of Judah: Er and Onan; and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.
- נNumbers 26:42
אֵלֶּה בְנֵי־דָן לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם לְשׁוּחָם מִשְׁפַּחַת הַשּׁוּחָמִי אֵלֶּה מִשְׁפְּחֹת דָּן לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָֽם
These are the sons of Dan after their families: of Shuham, the family of the Shuhamites. These are the families of Dan after their families.
- הNumbers 26:64
וּבְאֵלֶּה לֹא־הָיָה אִישׁ מִפְּקוּדֵי מֹשֶׁה וְאַהֲרֹן הַכֹּהֵן …
But among these there was not a man of them that were numbered by Moses and Aaron the priest, who numbered the children of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai.
skip 1,002, width 1,002 — one row is 1,002 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 229,890 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,002 in the laboratory →
- אNumbers 24:17
- אGenesis 1:14
וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים יְהִי מְאֹרֹת בִּרְקִיעַ הַשָּׁמַיִם לְהַבְדִּיל בֵּין הַיּוֹם …
And God said: ‘Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years;
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
- תGenesis 49:33
וַיְכַל יַעֲקֹב לְצַוֺּת אֶת־בָּנָיו וַיֶּאֱסֹף רַגְלָיו אֶל־הַמִּטָּה וַיִּגְוַע וַיֵּאָסֶף אֶל־עַמָּֽיו
And when Jacob made an end of charging his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and expired, and was gathered unto his people.
- וLeviticus 8:30
… וְאֶת־בָּנָיו וְאֶת־בִּגְדֵי בָנָיו אִתּֽוֹ
And Moses took of the anointing oil, and of the blood which was upon the altar, and sprinkled it upon Aaron, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon his sons’garments with him, and sanctified Aaron, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons’garments with him.
- ןNumbers 23:21
לֹֽא־הִבִּיט אָוֶן בְּיַעֲקֹב וְלֹא־רָאָה עָמָל בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל יְהוָה אֱלֹהָיו עִמּוֹ וּתְרוּעַת מֶלֶךְ בּֽוֹ
None hath beheld iniquity in Jacob, Neither hath one seen perverseness in Israel; The LORD his God is with him, And the shouting for the King is among them.
- הDeuteronomy 34:7
וּמֹשֶׁה בֶּן־מֵאָה וְעֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה בְּמֹתוֹ לֹֽא־כָהֲתָה עֵינוֹ וְלֹא־נָס לֵחֹֽה
And Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.
skip 75,987, width 75,987 — one row is 75,987 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 619 of the TorahOpen at skip 75,987 in the laboratory →
- אGenesis 1:14
Across the Tanakh
Across every skip (2–299,260), אתונה appears 632,612 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 641,750, so the count is in line with chance.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 21,032 found · chance alone about 21,261 (probability of 21,032 or more by chance alone: 0.94).
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 53,864
- Exodus 36,999
- Leviticus 27,915
- Numbers 33,943
- Deuteronomy 31,410
- Joshua 18,283
- Judges 21,232
- Samuel 53,454
- Kings 54,539
- Isaiah 31,507
- Jeremiah 47,248
- Ezekiel 41,502
- The Twelve 30,282
- Psalms 32,578
- Proverbs 10,690
- Job 16,745
- Song of Songs 1,903
- Ruth 2,800
- Lamentations 2,418
- Ecclesiastes 5,189
- Esther 5,267
- Daniel 13,557
- Ezra–Nehemiah 16,544
- Chronicles 42,743
Outside the Torah
Letter by letter
- א ת ו נ הJeremiah 4:26
רָאִיתִי וְהִנֵּה הַכַּרְמֶל הַמִּדְבָּר וְכָל־עָרָיו נִתְּצוּ מִפְּנֵי יְהוָה מִפְּנֵי חֲרוֹן אַפּֽוֹ
I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful field was a wilderness, And all the cities thereof were broken down At the presence of the LORD, And before His fierce anger.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 648,383 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- א ת ו נ הJeremiah 4:26
- אJudges 6:30
… מִזְבַּח הַבַּעַל וְכִי כָרַת הָאֲשֵׁרָה אֲשֶׁר־עָלָֽיו
Then the men of the city said unto Joash: ‘Bring out thy son, that he may die; because he hath broken down the altar of Baal, and because he hath cut down the Asherah that was by it.’
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
- תJudges 6:31
… הוּא יָרֶב לוֹ כִּי נָתַץ אֶֽת־מִזְבְּחֽוֹ
And Joash said unto all that stood against him: ‘Will ye contend for Baal? or will ye save him? he that will contend for him, shall be put to death before morning; if he be a god, let him contend for himself, because one hath broken down his altar.’
- וJudges 6:34
וְרוּחַ יְהוָה לָבְשָׁה אֶת־גִּדְעוֹן וַיִּתְקַע בַּשּׁוֹפָר וַיִזָּעֵק אֲבִיעֶזֶר אַחֲרָֽיו
But the spirit of the LORD clothed Gideon; and he blew a horn; and Abiezer was gathered together after him.
- נJudges 6:35
… אַחֲרָיו וּמַלְאָכִים שָׁלַח בְּאָשֵׁר וּבִזְבֻלוּן וּבְנַפְתָּלִי וַֽיַּעֲלוּ לִקְרָאתָֽם
And he sent messengers throughout all Manasseh; and they also were gathered together after him; and he sent messengers unto Asher, and unto Zebulun, and unto Naphtali; and they came up to meet them.
- הJudges 6:37
… בַּגֹּרֶן אִם טַל יִהְיֶה עַֽל־הַגִּזָּה לְבַדָּהּ וְעַל־כָּל־הָאָרֶץ חֹרֶב …
behold, I will put a fleece of wool on the threshing-floor; if there be dew on the fleece only, and it be dry upon all the ground, then shall I know that Thou wilt save Israel by my hand, as Thou hast spoken.’
skip 100, width 100 — one row is 100 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 355,126 of the TanakhOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- אJudges 6:30
- א2 Chronicles 34:24
כֹּה אָמַר יְהוָה הִנְנִי מֵבִיא רָעָה עַל …
Thus saith the LORD: Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the curses that are written in the book which they have read before the king of Judah;
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
- תPsalms 71:6
עָלֶיךָ נִסְמַכְתִּי מִבֶּטֶן מִמְּעֵי אִמִּי אַתָּה גוֹזִי בְּךָ תְהִלָּתִי תָמִֽיד
Upon Thee have I stayed myself from birth; Thou art he that took me out of my mother's womb; My praise is continually of Thee.
- וIsaiah 22:23
וּתְקַעְתִּיו יָתֵד בְּמָקוֹם נֶאֱמָן וְהָיָה לְכִסֵּא כָבוֹד לְבֵית אָבִֽיו
And I will fasten him as a peg in a sure place; And he shall be for a throne of honour to his father’s house.
- ןDeuteronomy 30:18
… הָאֲדָמָה אֲשֶׁר אַתָּה עֹבֵר אֶת־הַיַּרְדֵּן לָבֹא שָׁמָּה לְרִשְׁתָּֽהּ
I declare unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish; ye shall not prolong your days upon the land, whither thou passest over the Jordan to go in to possess it.
- הGenesis 1:2
וְהָאָרֶץ הָיְתָה תֹהוּ וָבֹהוּ וְחֹשֶׁךְ עַל־פְּנֵי תְהוֹם וְרוּחַ אֱלֹהִים מְרַחֶפֶת עַל־פְּנֵי הַמָּֽיִם
Now the earth was unformed and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God hovered over the face of the waters.
skip 298,172, width 298,172 — one row is 298,172 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 1,192,727 of the TanakhOpen at skip 298,172 in the laboratory →
- א2 Chronicles 34:24
The spelling
אתונה — the name in Hebrew letters: capital of Greece. Searched as אתונה, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 462.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Athens in the Torah codes?
The Torah holds 52,353 sequences of אתונה across every skip (2–76,212), 0.9% above what chance alone gives (about 51,863); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.02 by chance alone.
What is the shortest skip for Athens in the Torah?
Skip 3, reading forward from Deuteronomy 12:3 — the shortest of 52,353 sequences across every skip (2–76,212), where chance alone would give about 51,863.
How is Athens spelled in Hebrew?
Athens is spelled אתונה — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 462.
Is Athens in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
Across every skip (2–299,260), אתונה appears 632,612 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 641,750, so the count is in line with chance.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 51,863 across every skip (2–76,212) here) beside the count.