Chush כוש
Chush (כוש) is a person named in the Tanakh — Cush. Chush appears 592,559 times as a letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, in line with the 603,021 chance alone would give.
- Found in the Torah
- 592,559
- Chance alone
- 603,021
- P (≥ found)
- 1.00
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
592,559 sequences of כוש at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 603,021 that chance alone would produce.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 2:1, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 152,424, the Torah holds 9,192,684 sequences of כוש, against about 9,346,558 from chance alone.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 603,021 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 132,696
- Exodus 120,736
- Leviticus 97,048
- Numbers 97,198
- Deuteronomy 144,881
The shortest skips
וַיְכֻלּוּ הַשָּׁמַיִם וְהָאָרֶץ וְכָל־צְבָאָֽם
And the heaven and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 1,674Open in the laboratory →
וַיְכַל אֱלֹהִים בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי מְלַאכְתּוֹ אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה וַיִּשְׁבֹּת בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי מִכָּל־מְלַאכְתּוֹ אֲשֶׁר עָשָֽׂה
And on the seventh day God finished His work which He had made; and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had made.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 1,716Open in the laboratory →
וַיְכַל אֱלֹהִים בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי מְלַאכְתּוֹ אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה וַיִּשְׁבֹּת בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי מִכָּל־מְלַאכְתּוֹ אֲשֶׁר עָשָֽׂה
And on the seventh day God finished His work which He had made; and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had made.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 1,746Open in the laboratory →
וַיְבָרֶךְ אֱלֹהִים אֶת־יוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי וַיְקַדֵּשׁ אֹתוֹ כִּי בוֹ שָׁבַת מִכָּל־מְלַאכְתּוֹ אֲשֶׁר־בָּרָא אֱלֹהִים לַעֲשֽׂוֹת
And God blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it; because that in it He rested from all His work which God in creating had made.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 1,797Open in the laboratory →
וְלֹא־נָשָׂא אֹתָם הָאָרֶץ לָשֶׁבֶת יַחְדָּו כִּֽי־הָיָה רְכוּשָׁם רָב וְלֹא יָֽכְלוּ לָשֶׁבֶת יַחְדָּֽו
And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together; for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 15,398Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 2,450,163 sequences of כוש at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 2,487,749).
- Genesis 132,696
- Exodus 120,736
- Leviticus 97,048
- Numbers 97,198
- Deuteronomy 151,129
- Joshua 75,009
- Judges 68,906
- Samuel 214,921
- Kings 225,032
- Isaiah 152,312
- Jeremiah 169,919
- Ezekiel 138,691
- The Twelve 116,986
- Psalms 171,159
- Proverbs 62,935
- Job 63,112
- Song of Songs 11,655
- Ruth 9,094
- Lamentations 12,554
- Ecclesiastes 25,793
- Esther 32,231
- Daniel 40,944
- Ezra–Nehemiah 65,989
- Chronicles 194,114
Outside the Torah
וְהָיָה כְּתָפְשְׂכֶם אֶת־הָעִיר תַּצִּיתוּ אֶת־הָעִיר בָּאֵשׁ כִּדְבַר יְהוָה תַּעֲשׂוּ רְאוּ צִוִּיתִי אֶתְכֶֽם
And it shall be, when ye have seized upon the city, that ye shall set the city on fire; according to the word of the LORD shall ye do; see, I have commanded you.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 315,802Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר אֲלֵיהֶם לֵאמֹר בִּנְכָסִים רַבִּים שׁוּבוּ אֶל־אָֽהֳלֵיכֶם וּבְמִקְנֶה רַב־מְאֹד בְּכֶסֶף וּבְזָהָב וּבִנְחֹשֶׁת וּבְבַרְזֶל וּבִשְׂלָמוֹת הַרְבֵּה מְאֹד חִלְקוּ שְׁלַל־אֹיְבֵיכֶם עִם־אֲחֵיכֶֽם
and spoke unto them, saying: ‘Return with much wealth unto your tents, and with very much cattle, with silver, and with gold, and with brass, and with iron, and with very much raiment; divide the spoil of your enemies with your brethren.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 339,012Open in the laboratory →
לְבִלְתִּי־בוֹא בַּגּוֹיִם הָאֵלֶּה הַנִּשְׁאָרִים הָאֵלֶּה אִתְּכֶם וּבְשֵׁם אֱלֹהֵיהֶם לֹא־תַזְכִּירוּ וְלֹא תַשְׁבִּיעוּ וְלֹא תַעַבְדוּם וְלֹא תִֽשְׁתַּחֲווּ לָהֶֽם
that ye come not among these nations, these that remain among you; neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear by them, neither serve them, nor worship them;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 341,565Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
כוש — the Tanakh's own spelling: Cush. Searched as כוש, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 326.
As a plain word it stands 25 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 2:13. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Chush in the Torah codes?
592,559 sequences of כוש at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 603,021 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Chush in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 2:1 — the shortest of 592,559 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 603,021.
How is Chush spelled in Hebrew?
Chush is spelled כוש — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 326.
Is Chush in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 2,450,163 sequences of כוש at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 2,487,749).
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 603,021 here) beside the count.