Avner (Abner · אבנר)
Avner (Abner · אבנר) is a person named in the Tanakh. Avner (Abner) appears 39,492 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, 1.3% more than chance alone would give (about 38,980; probability 0.0049).
- Found in the Torah
- 39,492
- Chance alone
- 38,980
- P (≥ found)
- 0.0049
- 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, אבנר appears 39,492 times in the Torah — 1.3% more than the 38,980 chance alone would give; the probability of 39,492 or more by chance alone is 0.0049.
The shortest skip at which אבנר appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 17:27, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–101,616), אבנר is found 408,138 times; chance alone would give about 406,166.
- Genesis 12,290
- Exodus 6,691
- Leviticus 5,458
- Numbers 9,022
- Deuteronomy 6,031
The shortest skips
וְכָל־אַנְשֵׁי בֵיתוֹ יְלִיד בָּיִת וּמִקְנַת־כֶּסֶף מֵאֵת בֶּן־נֵכָר נִמֹּלוּ אִתּֽוֹ
And all the men of his house, those born in the house, and those bought with money of a foreigner, were circumcised with him.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 20,466Open in the laboratory →
וְאֶל־מֹשֶׁה אָמַר עֲלֵה אֶל־יְהוָה אַתָּה וְאַהֲרֹן נָדָב וַאֲבִיהוּא וְשִׁבְעִים מִזִּקְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְהִשְׁתַּחֲוִיתֶם מֵרָחֹֽק
And unto Moses He said: ‘Come up unto the LORD, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship ye afar off;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 112,509Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּעַל מֹשֶׁה וְאַהֲרֹן נָדָב וַאֲבִיהוּא וְשִׁבְעִים מִזִּקְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 112,962Open in the laboratory →
וְאַתָּה הַקְרֵב אֵלֶיךָ אֶת־אַהֲרֹן אָחִיךָ וְאֶת־בָּנָיו אִתּוֹ מִתּוֹךְ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לְכַהֲנוֹ־לִי אַהֲרֹן נָדָב וַאֲבִיהוּא אֶלְעָזָר וְאִיתָמָר בְּנֵי אַהֲרֹֽן
And bring thou near unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that they may minister unto Me in the priest’s office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron’s sons.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 118,332Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּקְחוּ בְנֵֽי־אַהֲרֹן נָדָב וַאֲבִיהוּא אִישׁ מַחְתָּתוֹ וַיִּתְּנוּ בָהֵן אֵשׁ וַיָּשִׂימוּ עָלֶיהָ קְטֹרֶת וַיַּקְרִבוּ לִפְנֵי יְהוָה אֵשׁ זָרָה אֲשֶׁר לֹא צִוָּה אֹתָֽם
And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took each of them his censer, and put fire therein, and laid incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the LORD, which He had not commanded them.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 154,170Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, אבנר appears 135,244 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 135,540, so the count is in line with chance.
- Genesis 12,290
- Exodus 6,691
- Leviticus 5,458
- Numbers 9,022
- Deuteronomy 6,539
- Joshua 5,140
- Judges 4,891
- Samuel 9,991
- Kings 10,822
- Isaiah 6,145
- Jeremiah 9,850
- Ezekiel 8,581
- The Twelve 5,799
- Psalms 6,657
- Proverbs 2,555
- Job 3,154
- Song of Songs 413
- Ruth 646
- Lamentations 534
- Ecclesiastes 1,070
- Esther 985
- Daniel 3,704
- Ezra–Nehemiah 4,826
- Chronicles 9,481
Outside the Torah
פָּשַׁטְתִּי אֶת־כֻּתָּנְתִּי אֵיכָכָה אֶלְבָּשֶׁנָּה רָחַצְתִּי אֶת־רַגְלַי אֵיכָכָה אֲטַנְּפֵֽם
I have put off my coat; How shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; How shall I defile them?
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 998,642Open in the laboratory →
אַחַר כֵּן תָּבוֹא גִּבְעַת הָאֱלֹהִים אֲשֶׁר־שָׁם נְצִבֵי פְלִשְׁתִּים וִיהִי כְבֹאֲךָ שָׁם הָעִיר וּפָגַעְתָּ חֶבֶל נְבִיאִים יֹרְדִים מֵֽהַבָּמָה וְלִפְנֵיהֶם נֵבֶל וְתֹף וְחָלִיל וְכִנּוֹר וְהֵמָּה מִֽתְנַבְּאִֽים
After that thou shalt come to the hill of God, where is the garrison of the Philistines; and it shall come to pass, when thou art come thither to the city, that thou shalt meet a band of prophets coming down from the high place with a psaltery, and a timbrel, and a pipe, and a harp, before them; and they will be prophesying.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 396,970Open in the laboratory →
וְקִישׁ אֲבִֽי־שָׁאוּל וְנֵר אֲבִֽי־אַבְנֵר בֶּן־אֲבִיאֵֽל
And Kish was the father of Saul, and Ner the father of Abner was the son of Abiel.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 405,667Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
אבנר — the Tanakh's own spelling: Abner. Searched as אבנר, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 253.
As a plain word it stands 50 times in the Tanakh, first at 1 Samuel 14:51. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
The same letters also spell: Abner.
Questions
Is Avner (Abner) in the Bible code?
At skips 2–5,000, אבנר appears 39,492 times in the Torah — 1.3% more than the 38,980 chance alone would give; the probability of 39,492 or more by chance alone is 0.0049.
What is the shortest skip for Avner (Abner) in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 17:27 — the shortest of 39,492 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 38,980.
What is the gematria of Avner (Abner) in Hebrew?
Avner is spelled אבנר — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 253.
How many times is Avner (Abner) found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, אבנר appears 135,244 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 135,540, so the count is in line with chance.
Search it yourself
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