Biblical names

Avihu (Abihu · אביהוא)

Avihu (Abihu · אביהוא) is a person named in the Tanakh. In the Torah codes, Avihu (Abihu) is found 1,222 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 5 (Genesis 25:3) — about what chance alone gives (about 1,178).

Found in the Torah
1,222
Chance alone
1,178
P (≥ found)
0.10
Shortest skip
5

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

In the Torah

1,222 sequences of אביהוא at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 1,178 that chance alone would produce.

Its smallest skip in the Torah is 5 — the first at Genesis 25:3, reading forward.

Counting every skip from 2 to 60,969, the Torah holds 7,394 sequences of אביהוא, against about 7,491 from chance alone.

  • Genesis 400
  • Exodus 223
  • Leviticus 171
  • Numbers 211
  • Deuteronomy 217

The shortest skips

  1. Genesis 25:3בראשית כה:גskip 5, forward

    וְיָקְשָׁן יָלַד אֶת־שְׁבָא וְאֶת־דְּדָן וּבְנֵי דְדָן הָיוּ אַשּׁוּרִם וּלְטוּשִׁים וּלְאֻמִּֽים

    And Jokshan begot Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim.

    אביהוא at skip 5, forward from Genesis 25:3היואשורםולטושיםולמיםונימדןעיפועפרחנךובידעואלדעהכלאלהבנאביהוא
    skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 32,958Open in the laboratory →

  2. Genesis 39:17בראשית לט:יזskip 14, backward

    וַתְּדַבֵּר אֵלָיו כַּדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה לֵאמֹר בָּֽא־אֵלַי הָעֶבֶד הָֽעִבְרִי אֲשֶׁר־הֵבֵאתָ לָּנוּ לְצַחֶק בִּֽי

    And she spoke unto him according to these words, saying: ‘The Hebrew servant, whom thou hast brought unto us, came in unto me to mock me.

    אביהוא at skip 14, backward from Genesis 39:17ואקראבקולגדולויהיכשמעוכיהרימתיקוליואקראויעזבבגדוצליוינסויצאהחצהותנחבגדואצלעדבואאדניואלבתוותדבראליוכדריםהאלהלאמרבאליהעבדהעבריאשרהבאתלנולצחקביויהיכהרימיקוליואקראויעאביהוא
    skip 14, width 14 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 58,464Open in the laboratory →

  3. Deuteronomy 21:14דברים כא:ידskip 18, forward

    וְהָיָה אִם־לֹא חָפַצְתָּ בָּהּ וְשִׁלַּחְתָּהּ לְנַפְשָׁהּ וּמָכֹר לֹא־תִמְכְּרֶנָּה בַּכָּסֶף לֹא־תִתְעַמֵּר בָּהּ תַּחַת אֲשֶׁר עִנִּיתָֽהּ

    And it shall be, if thou have no delight in her, then thou shalt let her go whither she will; but thou shalt not sell her at all for money, thou shalt not deal with her as a slave, because thou hast humbled her.

    אביהוא at skip 18, forward from Deuteronomy 21:14םואחרכןתבואאליהובעלתהוהיתהלךלאשהוהיהאםלאחפצתבהושלחתהלנפשהומכרלתמכרנהבכסףלאתתעמרהתחתאשרעניתהכיתהיןלאיששתינשיםהאחתאובהוהאחתשנואהוילדלובניםהאהובהוהשנוהוהיההבןהבכורלשניאהוהיהביוםהנחילואתבניואתאשריהיהלולאיוכללבכראתבאביהוא
    skip 18, width 18 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 283,393Open in the laboratory →

  4. Deuteronomy 1:39דברים א:לטskip 19, forward

    וְטַפְּכֶם אֲשֶׁר אֲמַרְתֶּם לָבַז יִהְיֶה וּבְנֵיכֶם אֲשֶׁר לֹא־יָדְעוּ הַיּוֹם טוֹב וָרָע הֵמָּה יָבֹאוּ שָׁמָּה וְלָהֶם אֶתְּנֶנָּה וְהֵם יִירָשֽׁוּהָּ

    Moreover your little ones, that ye said should be a prey, and your children, that this day have no knowledge of good or evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall possess it.

    אביהוא at skip 19, forward from Deuteronomy 1:39ניךהואיבאשמהאתוחזקכיהואינחלנהאתישראלוטפכםאשראמרתםלבזיהיהובניכםאשרלידעוהיוםטובורעהמהיאושמהולהםאתננהוהםירשוהואתםפנולכםוסעומדברהדרךיםסוףותענותאמרואליחטאנוליקוקנחנונעלהונלחמנוככלאשרצונויקוקאלהינוותחגרואישאתכלימלחמתוותהינולעלתהאביהוא
    skip 19, width 19 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 252,127Open in the laboratory →

  5. Deuteronomy 26:15דברים כו:טוskip 25, forward

    הַשְׁקִיפָה מִמְּעוֹן קָדְשְׁךָ מִן־הַשָּׁמַיִם וּבָרֵךְ אֶֽת־עַמְּךָ אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵל וְאֵת הָאֲדָמָה אֲשֶׁר נָתַתָּה לָנוּ כַּאֲשֶׁר נִשְׁבַּעְתָּ לַאֲבֹתֵינוּ אֶרֶץ זָבַת חָלָב וּדְבָֽשׁ

    Look forth from Thy holy habitation, from heaven, and bless Thy people Israel, and the land which Thou hast given us, as Thou didst swear unto our fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey.’

    אביהוא at skip 25, forward from Deuteronomy 26:15תיממנולמתשמעתיבקוליקויעשיתיככלאשרצויתניהשקמעוןקדשךמןהשמיםוברךאתתישראלואתהדמהאשרנתתהאשרנשבעתלאתינוארץזבתדבשהיוםהזהקוקאלהיךמצשותאתהחקיםאלהואתהמשפשמרתועשיתאתםבכללבבךופשךאתיקוקהמרתהיוםלהילאלהיםוללכתבדרכיוולשמוומצותיוומשפטיוולשמעביקוקהאמירךהיוםלהיותלואביהוא
    skip 25, width 25 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown.

    letter 290,005Open in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

The whole Tanakh holds 4,546 sequences of אביהוא at skips 2–5,000, 3.8% above what chance alone gives (about 4,379); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.0062 by chance alone.

  • Genesis 400
  • Exodus 223
  • Leviticus 171
  • Numbers 211
  • Deuteronomy 241
  • Joshua 150
  • Judges 175
  • Samuel 482
  • Kings 514
  • Isaiah 201
  • Jeremiah 369
  • Ezekiel 278
  • The Twelve 203
  • Psalms 175
  • Proverbs 50
  • Job 71
  • Song of Songs 10
  • Ruth 24
  • Lamentations 13
  • Ecclesiastes 28
  • Esther 33
  • Daniel 69
  • Ezra–Nehemiah 127
  • Chronicles 328

Outside the Torah

  1. 1 Samuel 18:20שמואל א יח:כskip 3, backward

    וַתֶּאֱהַב מִיכַל בַּת־שָׁאוּל אֶת־דָּוִד וַיַּגִּדוּ לְשָׁאוּל וַיִּשַׁר הַדָּבָר בְּעֵינָֽיו

    And Michal Saul’s daughter loved David; and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him.

    אביהוא at skip 3, backward from 1 Samuel 18:20יאלהמחלתילשהתאבמכלתשולאתדודויגאביהוא
    skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 413,851Open in the laboratory →

  2. 1 Chronicles 2:13דברי הימים א ב:יגskip 4, forward

    וְאִישַׁי הוֹלִיד אֶת־בְּכֹרוֹ אֶת־אֱלִיאָב וַאֲבִינָדָב הַשֵּׁנִי וְשִׁמְעָא הַשְּׁלִישִֽׁי

    and Jesse begot his first-born Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimea the third;

    אביהוא at skip 4, forward from 1 Chronicles 2:13הולידאתבכרואתליאואבנדבשנישמעהשלישינתנאלהרבאביהוא
    skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 1,099,689Open in the laboratory →

  3. Joshua 15:54יהושע טו:נדskip 4, backward

    וְחֻמְטָה וְקִרְיַת אַרְבַּע הִיא חֶבְרוֹן וְצִיעֹר עָרִים תֵּשַׁע וְחַצְרֵיהֶֽן

    and Humtah, and Kiriath-arba—the same is Hebron, and Zior; nine cities with their villages.

    אביהוא at skip 4, backward from Joshua 15:54יניםוביתתפוחופקהחמטוקרתארעהיחברוןוציערעריםאביהוא
    skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 329,642Open in the laboratory →

The spelling

אביהוא — the Tanakh's own spelling: Abihu. Searched as אביהוא, 6 letters, with a standard gematria value of 25.

As a plain word it stands 2 times in the Tanakh, first at Exodus 6:23. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

The same letters also spell: Abihu.

Other spellings

  • אביהו — the name in Hebrew letters found 13,079 in the Torah (chance 13,386)

Questions

Is Avihu (Abihu) in the Torah codes?

1,222 sequences of אביהוא at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 1,178 that chance alone would produce.

What is the shortest skip for Avihu (Abihu) in the Torah?

Skip 5, reading forward from Genesis 25:3 — the shortest of 1,222 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 1,178.

How is Avihu (Abihu) spelled in Hebrew?

Avihu is spelled אביהוא — 6 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 25; one other spelling is counted on this page.

Is Avihu (Abihu) in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?

The whole Tanakh holds 4,546 sequences of אביהוא at skips 2–5,000, 3.8% above what chance alone gives (about 4,379); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.0062 by chance alone.

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