Cyrus כורש
Cyrus (כורש) is a person named in the Tanakh. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 34,662 sequences of Cyrus, the shortest at skip 2 (Numbers 10:10); chance alone would give about 35,554.
- Found in the Torah
- 34,662
- Chance alone
- 35,554
- 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
34,662 sequences of כורש at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 35,554 that chance alone would produce.
The shortest skip at which כורש appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Numbers 10:10, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–101,616), כורש is found 356,575 times; chance alone would give about 370,466.
- Genesis 8,000
- Exodus 7,109
- Leviticus 5,322
- Numbers 5,635
- Deuteronomy 8,596
The shortest skips
וּבְיוֹם שִׂמְחַתְכֶם וּֽבְמוֹעֲדֵיכֶם וּבְרָאשֵׁי חָדְשֵׁיכֶם וּתְקַעְתֶּם בַּחֲצֹֽצְרֹת עַל עֹלֹתֵיכֶם וְעַל זִבְחֵי שַׁלְמֵיכֶם וְהָיוּ לָכֶם לְזִכָּרוֹן לִפְנֵי אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶם אֲנִי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם
Also in the day of your gladness, and in your appointed seasons, and in your new moons, ye shall blow with the trumpets over your burnt-offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace-offerings; and they shall be to you for a memorial before your God: I am the LORD your God.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 205,537Open in the laboratory →
עֹלַת שַׁבַּת בְּשַׁבַּתּוֹ עַל־עֹלַת הַתָּמִיד וְנִסְכָּֽהּ
This is the burnt-offering of every sabbath, beside the continual burnt-offering, and the drink-offering thereof.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 235,647Open in the laboratory →
אַךְ בְּֽכוֹר־שׁוֹר אֽוֹ־בְכוֹר כֶּשֶׂב אֽוֹ־בְכוֹר עֵז לֹא תִפְדֶּה קֹדֶשׁ הֵם אֶת־דָּמָם תִּזְרֹק עַל־הַמִּזְבֵּחַ וְאֶת־חֶלְבָּם תַּקְטִיר אִשֶּׁה לְרֵיחַ נִיחֹחַ לַֽיהוָֽה
But the firstling of an ox, or the firstling of a sheep, or the firstling of a goat, thou shalt not redeem; they are holy: thou shalt dash their blood against the altar, and shalt make their fat smoke for an offering made by fire, for a sweet savour unto the LORD.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 219,652Open in the laboratory →
וְעָרֵל זָכָר אֲשֶׁר לֹֽא־יִמּוֹל אֶת־בְּשַׂר עָרְלָתוֹ וְנִכְרְתָה הַנֶּפֶשׁ הַהִוא מֵעַמֶּיהָ אֶת־בְּרִיתִי הֵפַֽר
And the uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken My covenant.’
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 19,772Open 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 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 301,629Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 138,662 sequences of כורש at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 141,157).
- Genesis 8,000
- Exodus 7,109
- Leviticus 5,322
- Numbers 5,635
- Deuteronomy 9,308
- Joshua 4,700
- Judges 3,796
- Samuel 10,890
- Kings 13,333
- Isaiah 9,202
- Jeremiah 9,665
- Ezekiel 7,525
- The Twelve 6,734
- Psalms 9,252
- Proverbs 3,812
- Job 3,364
- Song of Songs 661
- Ruth 523
- Lamentations 633
- Ecclesiastes 1,372
- Esther 1,862
- Daniel 2,342
- Ezra–Nehemiah 3,349
- Chronicles 10,273
Outside the Torah
בָּנַיִךְ עֻלְּפוּ שָׁכְבוּ בְּרֹאשׁ כָּל־חוּצוֹת כְּתוֹא מִכְמָר הַֽמְלֵאִים חֲמַת־יְהוָה גַּעֲרַת אֱלֹהָֽיִךְ
Thy sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, As an antelope in a net; They are full of the fury of the LORD, The rebuke of thy God.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 628,427Open in the laboratory →
וְיֶתֶר דְּבָרָיו וְכָל־דְּרָכָיו הָרִאשֹׁנִים וְהָאַחֲרוֹנִים הִנָּם כְּתוּבִים עַל־סֵפֶר מַלְכֵֽי־יְהוּדָה וְיִשְׂרָאֵֽל
Now the rest of his acts, and all his ways, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 1,181,284Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּֽעֲבִירֻהוּ עֲבָדָיו מִן־הַמֶּרְכָּבָה וַֽיַּרְכִּיבֻהוּ עַל רֶכֶב הַמִּשְׁנֶה אֲשֶׁר־לוֹ וַיּוֹלִיכֻהוּ יְרוּשָׁלִַם וַיָּמָת וַיִּקָּבֵר בְּקִבְרוֹת אֲבֹתָיו וְכָל־יְהוּדָה וִירוּשָׁלִַם מִֽתְאַבְּלִים עַל־יֹאשִׁיָּֽהוּ
So his servants took him out of the chariot, and put him in the second chariot that he had, and brought him to Jerusalem; and he died, and was buried in the sepulchres of his fathers. And all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 1,195,262Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
כורש — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as כורש, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 526.
As a plain word it stands 13 times in the Tanakh, first at Daniel 6:29. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Other spellings
- סיירוס — the name in Hebrew letters found 6 in the Torah (chance 6.7)
Questions
Is Cyrus in the Bible code?
34,662 sequences of כורש at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 35,554 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Cyrus in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Numbers 10:10 — the shortest of 34,662 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 35,554.
What is the gematria of Cyrus in Hebrew?
Cyrus is spelled כורש — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 526; one other spelling is counted on this page.
How many times is Cyrus found in the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 138,662 sequences of כורש at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 141,157).
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 35,554 here) beside the count.