Bar Kochba בר כוכבא

Bar Kochba — in Hebrew בר כוכבא — leader of the revolt against Rome, 132–135 CE. In the Torah codes, כוכבא (from Bar Kochba) is found 15,919 times across every skip (2–76,212), the shortest at skip 4 (Genesis 31:3) — about what chance alone gives (about 17,068).

Found in the Torah (כוכבא) · every skip: 15,919
Chance alone · every skip: 17,068
P (≥ found) · every skip: 1.00
Shortest skip: 4
Longest skip found: 75,140

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: 2,163 found · chance alone about 2,166 (probability of 2,163 or more by chance alone: 0.53).

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In the Torah

A name of more than one word is searched one word at a time, as the laboratory does: the counts on this page are for כוכבא, and בר has its own figure under the other spellings, each beside its chance figure.

15,919 sequences of כוכבא across every skip (2–76,212) in the Torah, close to the 17,068 that chance alone would produce.

The shortest skip at which כוכבא appears in the Torah is 4 — at Genesis 31:3, reading backward.

The longest skip at which כוכבא was found in the Torah is 75,140 — at Deuteronomy 34:12, reading backward; a spelling of 5 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 76,212.

By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip

Genesis 3,852
Exodus 3,048
Leviticus 2,295
Numbers 2,273
Deuteronomy 4,451

Examples across the range

5 of the 15,919 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.

shortest skipGenesis 31:3בראשית לא:גskip 4, backward
Letter by letter
1. ך ו ך ב אGenesis 31:3
  וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶֽל־יַעֲקֹב שׁוּב אֶל־אֶרֶץ אֲבוֹתֶיךָ וּלְמוֹלַדְתֶּךָ וְאֶֽהְיֶה עִמָּֽךְ
  And the LORD said unto Jacob: ‘Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee.’
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.
letter 43,760 of the TorahOpen at skip 4 in the laboratory →
a short skipLeviticus 8:11ויקרא ח:יאskip 5, backward
Letter by letter
1. כ ו כ ב אLeviticus 8:11
  … עַל־הַמִּזְבֵּחַ שֶׁבַע פְּעָמִים וַיִּמְשַׁח אֶת־הַמִּזְבֵּחַ וְאֶת־כָּל־כֵּלָיו וְאֶת־הַכִּיֹּר וְאֶת־כַּנּוֹ לְקַדְּשָֽׁם …
  And he sprinkled thereof upon the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all its vessels, and the laver and its base, to sanctify them.
skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.
letter 151,350 of the TorahOpen at skip 5 in the laboratory →
a mid-range skipLeviticus 26:29ויקרא כו:כטskip 105, forward
1. כLeviticus 26:29
  וַאֲכַלְתֶּם בְּשַׂר בְּנֵיכֶם וּבְשַׂר בְּנֹתֵיכֶם תֹּאכֵֽלוּ
  And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat.
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
1. וLeviticus 26:31
  וְנָתַתִּי אֶת־עָֽרֵיכֶם חָרְבָּה וַהֲשִׁמּוֹתִי אֶת־מִקְדְּשֵׁיכֶם וְלֹא אָרִיחַ בְּרֵיחַ נִיחֹֽחֲכֶֽם
  And I will make your cities a waste, and will bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours.
2. כLeviticus 26:33
  וְאֶתְכֶם אֱזָרֶה בַגּוֹיִם וַהֲרִיקֹתִי אַחֲרֵיכֶם חָרֶב וְהָיְתָה אַרְצְכֶם שְׁמָמָה וְעָרֵיכֶם יִהְיוּ חָרְבָּֽה
  And you will I scatter among the nations, and I will draw out the sword after you; and your land shall be a desolation, and your cities shall be a waste.
3. בLeviticus 26:35
  כָּל־יְמֵי הָשַּׁמָּה תִּשְׁבֹּת אֵת אֲשֶׁר לֹֽא־שָׁבְתָה בְּשַׁבְּתֹתֵיכֶם בְּשִׁבְתְּכֶם עָלֶֽיהָ
  As long as it lieth desolate it shall have rest; even the rest which it had not in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it.
4. אLeviticus 26:37
  וְכָשְׁלוּ אִישׁ־בְּאָחִיו כְּמִפְּנֵי־חֶרֶב וְרֹדֵף אָיִן וְלֹא־תִֽהְיֶה לָכֶם תְּקוּמָה לִפְנֵי אֹֽיְבֵיכֶֽם
  And they shall stumble one upon another, as it were before the sword, when none pursueth; and ye shall have no power to stand before your enemies.
skip 105, width 105 — one row is 105 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column.
letter 183,702 of the TorahOpen at skip 105 in the laboratory →
a mid-range skipExodus 32:2שמות לב:בskip 1,019, backward
1. כExodus 32:2
  וַיֹּאמֶר אֲלֵהֶם אַהֲרֹן פָּֽרְקוּ נִזְמֵי הַזָּהָב אֲשֶׁר בְּאָזְנֵי נְשֵׁיכֶם בְּנֵיכֶם וּבְנֹתֵיכֶם וְהָבִיאוּ אֵלָֽי
  And Aaron said unto them: ‘Break off the golden rings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them unto me.’
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
1. וExodus 31:1
  וַיְדַבֵּר יְהוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה לֵּאמֹֽר
  And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying:
2. כExodus 30:15
  … הַשָּׁקֶל לָתֵת אֶת־תְּרוּמַת יְהוָה לְכַפֵּר עַל־נַפְשֹׁתֵיכֶֽם
  The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less, than the half shekel, when they give the offering of the LORD, to make atonement for your souls.
3. בExodus 29:41
  … הַשֵּׁנִי תַּעֲשֶׂה בֵּין הָעַרְבָּיִם כְּמִנְחַת הַבֹּקֶר וּכְנִסְכָּהּ תַּֽעֲשֶׂה־לָּהּ לְרֵיחַ נִיחֹחַ …
  And the other lamb thou shalt offer at dusk, and shalt do thereto according to the meal-offering of the morning, and according to the drink-offering thereof, for a sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
4. אExodus 29:22
  … וְאֵת שְׁתֵּי הַכְּלָיֹת וְאֶת־הַחֵלֶב אֲשֶׁר עֲלֵהֶן וְאֵת שׁוֹק הַיָּמִין כִּי …
  Also thou shalt take of the ram the fat, and the fat tail, and the fat that covereth the inwards, and the lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and the right thigh; for it is a ram of consecration;
skip 1,019, width 1,019 — one row is 1,019 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.
letter 125,848 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,019 in the laboratory →
the longest skip foundDeuteronomy 34:12דברים לד:יבskip 75,140, backward
1. כDeuteronomy 34:12
  וּלְכֹל הַיָּד הַחֲזָקָה וּלְכֹל הַמּוֹרָא הַגָּדוֹל אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה מֹשֶׁה לְעֵינֵי כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
  and in all the mighty hand, and in all the great terror, which Moses wrought in the sight of all Israel.
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
1. וNumbers 24:13
  … לַעֲבֹר אֶת־פִּי יְהוָה לַעֲשׂוֹת טוֹבָה אוֹ רָעָה מִלִּבִּי אֲשֶׁר־יְדַבֵּר …
  If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of the LORD, to do either good or bad of mine own mind; what the LORD speaketh, that will I speak?
2. כLeviticus 10:6
  … לֹֽא־תִפְרֹמוּ וְלֹא תָמֻתוּ וְעַל כָּל־הָעֵדָה יִקְצֹף וַאֲחֵיכֶם כָּל־בֵּית …
  And Moses said unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons: ‘Let not the hair of your heads go loose, neither rend your clothes, that ye die not, and that He be not wroth with all the congregation; but let your brethren, the whole house of Israel…
3. בExodus 2:8
  וַתֹּֽאמֶר־לָהּ בַּת־פַּרְעֹה לֵכִי וַתֵּלֶךְ הָֽעַלְמָה וַתִּקְרָא אֶת־אֵם הַיָּֽלֶד
  And Pharaoh’s daughter said to her: ‘Go.’ And the maiden went and called the child’s mother.
4. אGenesis 4:1
  וְהָאָדָם יָדַע אֶת־חַוָּה אִשְׁתּוֹ וַתַּהַר וַתֵּלֶד אֶת־קַיִן וַתֹּאמֶר קָנִיתִי אִישׁ אֶת־יְהוָֽה
  And the man knew Eve his wife; and she conceived and bore Cain, and said: ‘I have agotten a man with the help of the LORD.’
skip 75,140, width 75,140 — one row is 75,140 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.
letter 304,806 of the TorahOpen at skip 75,140 in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

Across every skip (2–299,260), כוכבא appears 271,590 times in the whole Tanakh — 2.3% more than the 265,601 chance alone would give; the probability of 271,590 or more by chance alone is 2.7 × 10⁻³¹.

At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 8,671 found · chance alone about 8,799 (probability of 8,671 or more by chance alone: 0.92).

By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip

Genesis 13,905
Exodus 11,915
Leviticus 9,679
Numbers 10,335
Deuteronomy 17,424
Joshua 7,652
Judges 7,282
Samuel 21,311
Kings 24,142
Isaiah 16,018
Jeremiah 20,909
Ezekiel 17,996
The Twelve 13,814
Psalms 21,985
Proverbs 7,351
Job 7,754
Song of Songs 1,448
Ruth 1,187
Lamentations 1,435
Ecclesiastes 3,013
Esther 3,537
Daniel 5,549
Ezra–Nehemiah 6,863
Chronicles 19,086

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Outside the Torah

shortest skip outside the Torah2 Kings 4:29מלכים ב ד:כטskip 2, backward
Letter by letter
1. כ ו כ ב א2 Kings 4:29
  … בְיָדְךָ וָלֵךְ כִּֽי־תִמְצָא אִישׁ לֹא תְבָרְכֶנּוּ וְכִֽי־יְבָרֶכְךָ אִישׁ לֹא תַעֲנֶנּוּ וְשַׂמְתָּ …
  Then he said to Gehazi: ‘Gird up thy loins, and take my staff in thy hand, and go thy way; if thou meet any man, salute him not; and if any salute thee, answer him not; and lay my staff upon the face of the child.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.
letter 534,152 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
a mid-range skip1 Samuel 23:17שמואל א כג:יזskip 101, forward
1. ך1 Samuel 23:17
  … תִּמְלֹךְ עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵל וְאָנֹכִי אֶֽהְיֶה־לְּךָ לְמִשְׁנֶה וְגַם־שָׁאוּל אָבִי יֹדֵעַ …
  And he said unto him: ‘Fear not; for the hand of Saul my father shall not find thee; and thou shalt be king over Israel, and I shall be next unto thee; and that also Saul my father knoweth.’
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
1. ו1 Samuel 23:19
  … אֶל־שָׁאוּל הַגִּבְעָתָה לֵאמֹר הֲלוֹא דָוִד מִסְתַּתֵּר עִמָּנוּ בַמְּצָדוֹת בַּחֹרְשָׁה בְּגִבְעַת …
  Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying: ‘Doth not David hide himself with us in the strongholds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of Jeshimon?
2. כ1 Samuel 23:21
  וַיֹּאמֶר שָׁאוּל בְּרוּכִים אַתֶּם לַֽיהוָה כִּי חֲמַלְתֶּם עָלָֽי
  And Saul said: ‘Blessed be ye of the LORD; for ye have had compassion on me.
3. ב1 Samuel 23:23
  וּרְאוּ וּדְעוּ מִכֹּל הַמַּֽחֲבֹאִים אֲשֶׁר יִתְחַבֵּא שָׁם וְשַׁבְתֶּם אֵלַי …
  See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking-places where he hideth himself, and come ye back to me with the certainty, and I will go with you; and it shall come to pass, if he be in the land, that I will search him out among all the thousands of Judah.’
4. א1 Samuel 23:24
  וַיָּקוּמוּ וַיֵּלְכוּ זִיפָה לִפְנֵי שָׁאוּל וְדָוִד וַאֲנָשָׁיו בְּמִדְבַּר מָעוֹן בָּעֲרָבָה אֶל יְמִין הַיְשִׁימֽוֹן
  And they arose, and went to Ziph before Saul; but David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the Arabah on the south of Jeshimon.
skip 101, width 101 — one row is 101 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column.
letter 422,210 of the TanakhOpen at skip 101 in the laboratory →
longest skip outside the Torah2 Chronicles 34:26דברי הימים ב לד:כוskip 298,219, backward
1. ך2 Chronicles 34:26
  וְאֶל־מֶלֶךְ יְהוּדָה הַשֹּׁלֵחַ אֶתְכֶם לִדְרוֹשׁ בַּֽיהוָה …
  But unto the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of the LORD, thus shall ye say to him: Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel: As touching the words which thou hast heard,
Letter by letter: the other 4 letters
1. וPsalms 71:10
  כִּֽי־אָמְרוּ אוֹיְבַי לִי וְשֹׁמְרֵי נַפְשִׁי נוֹעֲצוּ יַחְדָּֽו
  For mine enemies speak concerning me, And they that watch for my soul take counsel together,
2. כIsaiah 22:24
  … הַצֶּֽאֱצָאִים וְהַצְּפִעוֹת כֹּל כְּלֵי הַקָּטָן מִכְּלֵי הָֽאַגָּנוֹת וְעַד כָּל־כְּלֵי הַנְּבָלִֽים …
  And they shall hang upon him all the glory of his father’s house, the offspring and the issue, all vessels of small quantity, from the vessels of cups even to all the vessels of flagons.
3. בDeuteronomy 30:19
  הַעִידֹתִי בָכֶם הַיּוֹם אֶת־הַשָּׁמַיִם וְאֶת־הָאָרֶץ …
  I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that I have set before thee life and death, the blessing and the curse; therefore choose life, that thou mayest live, thou and thy seed;
4. אGenesis 1:1
  בְּרֵאשִׁית בָּרָא אֱלֹהִים אֵת הַשָּׁמַיִם וְאֵת הָאָֽרֶץ
  In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
skip 298,219, width 298,219 — one row is 298,219 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.
letter 1,192,886 of the TanakhOpen at skip 298,219 in the laboratory →

The spelling

בר כוכבא — the name in Hebrew letters: leader of the revolt against Rome, 132–135 CE. Searched as כוכבא, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 49.

It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

Questions

Does Bar Kochba appear in the Torah codes?

15,919 sequences of כוכבא across every skip (2–76,212) in the Torah, close to the 17,068 that chance alone would produce.

What is the shortest skip for Bar Kochba in the Torah?

Skip 4, reading backward from Genesis 31:3 — the shortest of 15,919 sequences across every skip (2–76,212), where chance alone would give about 17,068.

What is the gematria of Bar Kochba in Hebrew?

Bar Kochba is spelled בר כוכבא — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 49.

How many times is Bar Kochba found in the whole Tanakh?

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