Biblical names

Carcas כרכס

Carcas (כרכס) is a person named in the Tanakh. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 1,622 sequences of Carcas, the shortest at skip 8 (Genesis 45:20); chance alone would give about 1,638.

Found in the Torah
1,622
Chance alone
1,638
P (≥ found)
0.66
Shortest skip
8

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, כרכס appears 1,622 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 1,638, so the count is in line with chance.

Its smallest skip in the Torah is 8 — the first at Genesis 45:20, reading backward.

Counting every skip from 2 to 101,616, the Torah holds 15,996 sequences of כרכס, against about 17,068 from chance alone.

  • Genesis 331
  • Exodus 334
  • Leviticus 204
  • Numbers 208
  • Deuteronomy 545

The shortest skips

  1. Genesis 45:20בראשית מה:כskip 8, backward

    וְעֵינְכֶם אַל־תָּחֹס עַל־כְּלֵיכֶם כִּי־טוּב כָּל־אֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם לָכֶם הֽוּא

    Also regard not your stuff; for the good things of all the land of Egypt are yours.’

    כרכס at skip 8, backward from Genesis 45:20נשאתםאתאביכםובאתםועינכםאלתחעלכליכםיטובכלאץמצריםלםהואויעשוכןבניישראלויתןלהםיוכרכס
    skip 8, width 8 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 69,843Open in the laboratory →

  2. Deuteronomy 25:3דברים כה:גskip 11, forward

    אַרְבָּעִים יַכֶּנּוּ לֹא יֹסִיף פֶּן־יֹסִיף לְהַכֹּתוֹ עַל־אֵלֶּה מַכָּה רַבָּה וְנִקְלָה אָחִיךָ לְעֵינֶֽיךָ

    Forty stripes he may give him, he shall not exceed; lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother should be dishonoured before thine eyes.

    כרכס at skip 11, forward from Deuteronomy 25:3וכדירשעתובמספרארבעיםיכנולאיסיףפןיסיףלהתועלאלהמכהבהונקלהאחילעיניךלאתחםשורבדישוכיישבואחיםיחדוומתאחדמהםובןאיןכרךס
    skip 11, width 11 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 288,159Open in the laboratory →

  3. Deuteronomy 25:3דברים כה:גskip 11, backward

    אַרְבָּעִים יַכֶּנּוּ לֹא יֹסִיף פֶּן־יֹסִיף לְהַכֹּתוֹ עַל־אֵלֶּה מַכָּה רַבָּה וְנִקְלָה אָחִיךָ לְעֵינֶֽיךָ

    Forty stripes he may give him, he shall not exceed; lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother should be dishonoured before thine eyes.

    כרכס at skip 11, backward from Deuteronomy 25:3פטוהכהולפניוכדירשעתובמספרארבעיםיכנולאייףפןיסיףלהתועלאלהמכהבהונקלהאחילעיניךלאתחסםשורבדישוכיישבואחיםיחדוומתאךרכס
    skip 11, width 11 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 288,181Open in the laboratory →

  4. Exodus 38:21שמות לח:כאskip 20, backward

    אֵלֶּה פְקוּדֵי הַמִּשְׁכָּן מִשְׁכַּן הָעֵדֻת אֲשֶׁר פֻּקַּד עַל־פִּי מֹשֶׁה עֲבֹדַת הַלְוִיִּם בְּיַד אִֽיתָמָר בֶּֽן־אַהֲרֹן הַכֹּהֵֽן

    These are the accounts of the tabernacle, even the tabernacle of the testimony, as they were rendered according to the commandment of Moses, through the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, the son of Aaron the priest.

    כרכס at skip 20, backward from Exodus 38:21םאמהארךוקומהברחבחמשאמותלעמתקלעיהחצרועמדיהםארבעהואדניהםארבעהנחשתוויהםכףוצפויראשיהםוחשקיהםסףוכלהיתדתלמשכןולחצסביבנחשתאלהפקודיהמשןמשכןהעדתאשרפקדעלפימשהעבדתהלויםבידאיתמרבןאהרןהכהןובצלאלבןאוריבןחורלמטהכרכס
    skip 20, width 20 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 137,180Open in the laboratory →

  5. Numbers 4:26במדבר ד:כוskip 20, backward

    וְאֵת קַלְעֵי הֶֽחָצֵר וְאֶת־מָסַךְ פֶּתַח שַׁעַר הֶחָצֵר אֲשֶׁר עַל־הַמִּשְׁכָּן וְעַל־הַמִּזְבֵּחַ סָבִיב וְאֵת מֵֽיתְרֵיהֶם וְאֶֽת־כָּל־כְּלֵי עֲבֹדָתָם וְאֵת כָּל־אֲשֶׁר יֵעָשֶׂה לָהֶם וְעָבָֽדוּ

    and the hangings of the court, and the screen for the door of the gate of the court, which is by the tabernacle and by the altar round about, and their cords, and all the instruments of their service, and whatsoever there may be to do with them, therein shall they serve.

    כרכס at skip 20, backward from Numbers 4:26ןואתאהלמועדמכסהוומכסההתחשאשרעליומלמעלהואתמסךפתחאהלמועדואתקלעיהחצרואתמךפתחשערהחצראשרעלהמשןועלהמזבחסביבואתמיתיהםואתכלכליעבדתםואתלאשריעשהלהםועבדועלפיאהרןובניותהיהכלעבדתבניהגרשנילכלמשאםולכלעבדתםופקדתםכרכס
    skip 20, width 20 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 194,079Open in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

The whole Tanakh holds 7,035 sequences of כרכס at skips 2–5,000, 3.7% above what chance alone gives (about 6,782); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.0012 by chance alone.

  • Genesis 331
  • Exodus 334
  • Leviticus 204
  • Numbers 208
  • Deuteronomy 572
  • Joshua 131
  • Judges 142
  • Samuel 249
  • Kings 594
  • Isaiah 572
  • Jeremiah 474
  • Ezekiel 417
  • The Twelve 375
  • Psalms 866
  • Proverbs 379
  • Job 201
  • Song of Songs 39
  • Ruth 34
  • Lamentations 30
  • Ecclesiastes 122
  • Esther 190
  • Daniel 154
  • Ezra–Nehemiah 120
  • Chronicles 297

Outside the Torah

  1. Isaiah 51:8ישעיהו נא:חskip 3, forward

    כִּי כַבֶּגֶד יֹאכְלֵם עָשׁ וְכַצֶּמֶר יֹאכְלֵם סָס וְצִדְקָתִי לְעוֹלָם תִּֽהְיֶה וִישׁוּעָתִי לְדוֹר דּוֹרִֽים

    For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, And the worm shall eat them like wool; But My favour shall be for ever, And My salvation unto all generations.

    כרכס at skip 3, forward from Isaiah 51:8גדיאכלםעשוצמיאלםסוצדקתילעוכרכס
    skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 627,762Open in the laboratory →

  2. Psalms 86:5תהלים פו:הskip 3, backward

    כִּֽי־אַתָּה אֲדֹנָי טוֹב וְסַלָּח וְרַב־חֶסֶד לְכָל־קֹרְאֶֽיךָ

    For Thou, Lord, art good, and ready to pardon, And plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon Thee.

    כרכס at skip 3, backward from Psalms 86:5ובוסלחורבחדללקאיהאזינהיקוקךרכס
    skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 904,322Open in the laboratory →

  3. Psalms 80:13תהלים פ:יגskip 4, forward

    לָמָּה פָּרַצְתָּ גְדֵרֶיהָ וְאָרוּהָ כָּל־עֹבְרֵי דָֽרֶךְ

    Why hast Thou broken down her fences, So that all they that pass by the way do pluck her?

    כרכס at skip 4, forward from Psalms 80:13רצתגדריהוארוהלעבידריכרמנהחזירמיערוזיכרךס
    skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 901,850Open in the laboratory →

The spelling

כרכס — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as כרכס, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 300.

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

Questions

Is Carcas in the Bible code?

At skips 2–5,000, כרכס appears 1,622 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 1,638, so the count is in line with chance.

What is the shortest skip for Carcas in the Torah?

Skip 8, reading backward from Genesis 45:20 — the shortest of 1,622 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 1,638.

How is Carcas spelled in Hebrew?

Carcas is spelled כרכס — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 300.

Is Carcas in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?

The whole Tanakh holds 7,035 sequences of כרכס at skips 2–5,000, 3.7% above what chance alone gives (about 6,782); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.0012 by chance alone.

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