Cancer סרטן
Cancer — in Hebrew סרטן — cancer; also crab. Cancer appears 330 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, 13% more than chance alone would give (about 291; probability 0.01).
- Found in the Torah
- 330
- Chance alone
- 291
- P (≥ found)
- 0.01
- Shortest skip
- 9
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, סרטן appears 330 times in the Torah — 13% more than the 291 chance alone would give; the probability of 330 or more by chance alone is 0.01.
The shortest skip at which סרטן appears in the Torah is 9 — the first at Numbers 7:13, reading backward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–101,616), סרטן is found 3,386 times; chance alone would give about 3,037.
- Genesis 63
- Exodus 59
- Leviticus 75
- Numbers 93
- Deuteronomy 40
The shortest skips
וְקָרְבָּנוֹ קַֽעֲרַת־כֶּסֶף אַחַת שְׁלֹשִׁים וּמֵאָה מִשְׁקָלָהּ מִזְרָק אֶחָד כֶּסֶף שִׁבְעִים שֶׁקֶל בְּשֶׁקֶל הַקֹּדֶשׁ שְׁנֵיהֶם מְלֵאִים סֹלֶת בְּלוּלָה בַשֶּׁמֶן לְמִנְחָֽה
and his offering was one silver dish, the weight thereof was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal-offering;
skip 9, width 9 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 198,955Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּצְבֹּר יוֹסֵף בָּר כְּחוֹל הַיָּם הַרְבֵּה מְאֹד עַד כִּי־חָדַל לִסְפֹּר כִּי־אֵין מִסְפָּֽר
And Joseph laid up corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until they left off numbering; for it was without number.
skip 30, width 30 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 62,555Open in the laboratory →
וַֽיהוָה הִמְטִיר עַל־סְדֹם וְעַל־עֲמֹרָה גָּפְרִית וָאֵשׁ מֵאֵת יְהוָה מִן־הַשָּׁמָֽיִם
Then the LORD caused to rain upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;
skip 40, width 40 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 23,562Open in the laboratory →
וְכָל־הַנֹּגֵעַ בְּכָל־כְּלִי אֲשֶׁר־תֵּשֵׁב עָלָיו יְכַבֵּס בְּגָדָיו וְרָחַץ בַּמַּיִם וְטָמֵא עַד־הָעָֽרֶב
And whosoever toucheth any thing that she sitteth upon shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
skip 43, width 43 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 165,326Open in the laboratory →
כֹּל מַפְרֶסֶת פַּרְסָה וְשֹׁסַעַת שֶׁסַע פְּרָסֹת מַעֲלַת גֵּרָה בַּבְּהֵמָה אֹתָהּ תֹּאכֵֽלוּ
Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is wholly cloven-footed, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that may ye eat.
skip 48, width 48 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 155,498Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, סרטן appears 1,109 times in the whole Tanakh — 6.0% more than the 1,046 chance alone would give; the probability of 1,109 or more by chance alone is 0.03.
- Genesis 63
- Exodus 59
- Leviticus 75
- Numbers 93
- Deuteronomy 41
- Joshua 19
- Judges 26
- Samuel 21
- Kings 61
- Isaiah 87
- Jeremiah 44
- Ezekiel 45
- The Twelve 50
- Psalms 126
- Proverbs 69
- Job 51
- Song of Songs 5
- Lamentations 4
- Ecclesiastes 13
- Esther 21
- Daniel 45
- Ezra–Nehemiah 40
- Chronicles 51
Outside the Torah
וַיִּקְצֹף נַעֲמָן וַיֵּלַךְ וַיֹּאמֶר הִנֵּה אָמַרְתִּי אֵלַי יֵצֵא יָצוֹא וְעָמַד וְקָרָא בְּשֵׁם־יְהוָה אֱלֹהָיו וְהֵנִיף יָדוֹ אֶל־הַמָּקוֹם וְאָסַף הַמְּצֹרָֽע
But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said: ‘Behold, I thought: He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the LORD his God, and wave his hand over the place, and recover the leper.
skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 535,841Open in the laboratory →
וּמִבֵּית הַגִּלְגָּל וּמִשְּׂדוֹת גֶּבַע וְעַזְמָוֶת כִּי חֲצֵרִים בָּנוּ לָהֶם הַמְשֹׁרֲרִים סְבִיבוֹת יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם
also from Beth-gilgal, and out of the fields of Geba and Azmaveth; for the singers had builded them villages round about Jerusalem.
skip 7, width 7 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 1,094,394Open in the laboratory →
בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא נְאֻם־יְהוָה אַכֶּה כָל־סוּס בַּתִּמָּהוֹן וְרֹכְבוֹ בַּשִּׁגָּעוֹן וְעַל־בֵּית יְהוּדָה אֶפְקַח אֶת־עֵינַי וְכֹל סוּס הָֽעַמִּים אַכֶּה בַּֽעִוָּרֽוֹן
In that day, saith the LORD, I will smite every horse with bewilderment, And his rider with madness; And I will open Mine eyes upon the house of Judah, And will smite every horse of the peoples with blindness.
skip 24, width 24 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 852,459Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
סרטן — a Hebrew word: cancer; also crab. Searched as סרטן, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 319.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Cancer in the Bible code?
At skips 2–5,000, סרטן appears 330 times in the Torah — 13% more than the 291 chance alone would give; the probability of 330 or more by chance alone is 0.01.
What is the shortest skip for Cancer in the Torah?
Skip 9, reading backward from Numbers 7:13 — the shortest of 330 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 291.
What is the gematria of Cancer in Hebrew?
Cancer is spelled סרטן — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 319.
How many times is Cancer found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, סרטן appears 1,109 times in the whole Tanakh — 6.0% more than the 1,046 chance alone would give; the probability of 1,109 or more by chance alone is 0.03.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 291 here) beside the count.