Ben-Zion בן ציון
In Hebrew letters the first name Ben-Zion is written בן ציון — given name. ציון (from Ben-Zion) appears 18,959 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, 2.1% more than chance alone would give (about 18,562; probability 0.0018).
- Found in the Torah (ציון)
- 18,959
- Chance alone
- 18,562
- P (≥ found)
- 0.0018
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
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 ציון, and בן has its own figure under the other spellings, each beside its chance figure.
At skips 2–5,000, ציון appears 18,959 times in the Torah — 2.1% more than the 18,562 chance alone would give; the probability of 18,959 or more by chance alone is 0.0018.
The shortest skip at which ציון appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Exodus 9:27, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–101,616), ציון is found 188,337 times; chance alone would give about 193,410.
- Genesis 6,370
- Exodus 4,158
- Leviticus 1,988
- Numbers 3,485
- Deuteronomy 2,958
The shortest skips
וַיִּשְׁלַח פַּרְעֹה וַיִּקְרָא לְמֹשֶׁה וּֽלְאַהֲרֹן וַיֹּאמֶר אֲלֵהֶם חָטָאתִי הַפָּעַם יְהוָה הַצַּדִּיק וַאֲנִי וְעַמִּי הָרְשָׁעִֽים
And Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said unto them: ‘I have sinned this time; the LORD is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 91,122Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּעַל הָֽאַרְבֶּה עַל כָּל־אֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם וַיָּנַח בְּכֹל גְּבוּל מִצְרָיִם כָּבֵד מְאֹד לְפָנָיו לֹא־הָיָה כֵן אַרְבֶּה כָּמֹהוּ וְאַחֲרָיו לֹא יִֽהְיֶה־כֵּֽן
And the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all the borders of Egypt; very grievous were they; before them there were no such locusts as they, neither after them shall be such.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 92,479Open in the laboratory →
וַנִּצְעַק אֶל־יְהוָה וַיִּשְׁמַע קֹלֵנוּ וַיִּשְׁלַח מַלְאָךְ וַיֹּצִאֵנוּ מִמִּצְרָיִם וְהִנֵּה אֲנַחְנוּ בְקָדֵשׁ עִיר קְצֵה גְבוּלֶֽךָ
and when we cried unto the LORD, He heard our voice, and sent an angel, and brought us forth out of Egypt; and, behold, we are in Kadesh, a city in the uttermost of thy border.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 222,772Open in the laboratory →
לוּלֵי כַּעַס אוֹיֵב אָגוּר פֶּֽן־יְנַכְּרוּ צָרֵימוֹ פֶּן־יֹֽאמְרוּ יָדֵינוּ רָמָה וְלֹא יְהוָה פָּעַל כָּל־זֹֽאת
Were it not that I dreaded the enemy’s provocation, Lest their adversaries should misdeem, Lest they should say: Our hand is exalted, And not the LORD hath wrought all this.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 301,647Open in the laboratory →
כִּֽי־יִקַּח אִישׁ אִשָּׁה וּבְעָלָהּ וְהָיָה אִם־לֹא תִמְצָא־חֵן בְּעֵינָיו כִּי־מָצָא בָהּ עֶרְוַת דָּבָר וְכָתַב לָהּ סֵפֶר כְּרִיתֻת וְנָתַן בְּיָדָהּ וְשִׁלְּחָהּ מִבֵּיתֽוֹ
When a man taketh a wife, and marrieth her, then it cometh to pass, if she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some unseemly thing in her, that he writeth her a bill of divorcement, and giveth it in her hand, and sendeth her out of his house,
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 286,844Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, ציון appears 86,249 times in the whole Tanakh — 1.0% more than the 85,402 chance alone would give; the probability of 86,249 or more by chance alone is 0.0019.
- Genesis 6,370
- Exodus 4,158
- Leviticus 1,988
- Numbers 3,485
- Deuteronomy 3,273
- Joshua 3,052
- Judges 2,414
- Samuel 4,817
- Kings 4,401
- Isaiah 7,555
- Jeremiah 6,407
- Ezekiel 5,194
- The Twelve 4,992
- Psalms 9,084
- Proverbs 2,589
- Job 3,411
- Song of Songs 451
- Ruth 283
- Lamentations 634
- Ecclesiastes 446
- Esther 426
- Daniel 1,901
- Ezra–Nehemiah 2,598
- Chronicles 6,320
Outside the Torah
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל הֲלֹא מִמִּצְרַיִם וּמִן־הָאֱמֹרִי וּמִן־בְּנֵי עַמּוֹן וּמִן־פְּלִשְׁתִּֽים
And the LORD said unto the children of Israel: ‘Did not I save you from the Egyptians, and from the Amorites, from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines?
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 363,858Open in the laboratory →
וַיְהִי בִּשְׁמֹנֶה עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה לַמֶּלֶךְ יֹאשִׁיָּהוּ שָׁלַח הַמֶּלֶךְ אֶת־שָׁפָן בֶּן־אֲצַלְיָהוּ בֶן־מְשֻׁלָּם הַסֹּפֵר בֵּית יְהוָה לֵאמֹֽר
And it came to pass in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, that the king sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of the LORD, saying.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 568,062Open in the laboratory →
וְהֶחֱרִים יְהוָה אֵת לְשׁוֹן יָם־מִצְרַיִם וְהֵנִיף יָדוֹ עַל־הַנָּהָר בַּעְיָם רוּחוֹ וְהִכָּהוּ לְשִׁבְעָה נְחָלִים וְהִדְרִיךְ בַּנְּעָלִֽים
And the LORD will utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; And with His scorching wind will He shake His hand over the River, And will smite it into seven streams, And cause men to march over dry-shod.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 587,638Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
בן ציון — the name in Hebrew letters: given name. Searched as ציון, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 156.
As a plain word it stands 108 times in the Tanakh, first at 2 Samuel 5:7. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Ben-Zion in the Torah codes?
At skips 2–5,000, ציון appears 18,959 times in the Torah — 2.1% more than the 18,562 chance alone would give; the probability of 18,959 or more by chance alone is 0.0018.
What is the shortest skip for Ben-Zion in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Exodus 9:27 — the shortest of 18,959 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 18,562.
What is the gematria of Ben-Zion in Hebrew?
Ben-Zion is spelled בן ציון — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 156.
How many times is Ben-Zion found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, ציון appears 86,249 times in the whole Tanakh — 1.0% more than the 85,402 chance alone would give; the probability of 86,249 or more by chance alone is 0.0019.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 18,562 here) beside the count.