Duncan דאנקן
Duncan is a first name, written דאנקן in Hebrew (male given name). Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 205 sequences of Duncan, the shortest at skip 25 (Genesis 30:14); chance alone would give about 200.
- Found in the Torah
- 205
- Chance alone
- 200
- P (≥ found)
- 0.36
- Shortest skip
- 25
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
205 sequences of דאנקן at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 200 that chance alone would produce.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 25 — the first at Genesis 30:14, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 76,212, the Torah holds 1,683 sequences of דאנקן, against about 1,573 from chance alone.
- Genesis 73
- Exodus 25
- Leviticus 26
- Numbers 66
- Deuteronomy 15
The shortest skips
וַיֵּלֶךְ רְאוּבֵן בִּימֵי קְצִיר־חִטִּים וַיִּמְצָא דֽוּדָאִים בַּשָּׂדֶה וַיָּבֵא אֹתָם אֶל־לֵאָה אִמּוֹ וַתֹּאמֶר רָחֵל אֶל־לֵאָה תְּנִי־נָא לִי מִדּוּדָאֵי בְּנֵֽךְ
And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah: ‘Give me, I pray thee, of thy son’s mandrakes.’
skip 25, width 25 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 42,032Open in the laboratory →
וַתֹּאמֶר הִנֵּה אֲמָתִי בִלְהָה בֹּא אֵלֶיהָ וְתֵלֵד עַל־בִּרְכַּי וְאִבָּנֶה גַם־אָנֹכִי מִמֶּֽנָּה
And she said: ‘Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; that she may bear upon my knees, and I also may be builded up through her.’
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 41,643Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר לָבָן הַגַּל הַזֶּה עֵד בֵּינִי וּבֵינְךָ הַיּוֹם עַל־כֵּן קָרָֽא־שְׁמוֹ גַּלְעֵֽד
And Laban said: ‘This heap is witness between me and thee this day.’ Therefore was the name of it called Galeed;
skip 49, width 49 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 46,125Open in the laboratory →
וּמַטֵּה בִּנְיָמִן וְנָשִׂיא לִבְנֵי בִנְיָמִן אֲבִידָן בֶּן־גִּדְעֹנִֽי
and the tribe of Benjamin; the prince of the children of Benjamin being Abidan the son of Gideoni,
skip 112, width 112 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 189,725Open in the laboratory →
וַיְהִי בְּיוֹם כַּלּוֹת מֹשֶׁה לְהָקִים אֶת־הַמִּשְׁכָּן וַיִּמְשַׁח אֹתוֹ וַיְקַדֵּשׁ אֹתוֹ וְאֶת־כָּל־כֵּלָיו וְאֶת־הַמִּזְבֵּחַ וְאֶת־כָּל־כֵּלָיו וַיִּמְשָׁחֵם וַיְקַדֵּשׁ אֹתָֽם
And it came to pass on the day that Moses had made an end of setting up the tabernacle, and had anointed it and sanctified it, and all the furniture thereof, and the altar and all the vessels thereof, and had anointed them and sanctified them;
skip 119, width 119 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 198,385Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 789 sequences of דאנקן at skips 2–5,000, 6.8% above what chance alone gives (about 739); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.04 by chance alone.
- Genesis 73
- Exodus 25
- Leviticus 26
- Numbers 66
- Deuteronomy 16
- Joshua 19
- Judges 21
- Samuel 70
- Kings 36
- Isaiah 39
- Jeremiah 45
- Ezekiel 42
- The Twelve 32
- Psalms 44
- Proverbs 18
- Job 37
- Song of Songs 5
- Ruth 4
- Lamentations 4
- Ecclesiastes 8
- Esther 16
- Daniel 65
- Ezra–Nehemiah 33
- Chronicles 45
Outside the Torah
וַיְהִי דְבַר־יְהוָה אֶל־יוֹנָה שֵׁנִית לֵאמֹֽר
And the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the second time, saying:
skip 7, width 7 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 825,761Open in the laboratory →
קוּם לֵךְ אֶל־נִֽינְוֵה הָעִיר הַגְּדוֹלָה וִּקְרָא אֵלֶיהָ אֶת־הַקְּרִיאָה אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי דֹּבֵר אֵלֶֽיךָ
’Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and make unto it the proclamation that I bid thee.’
skip 12, width 12 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 825,800Open in the laboratory →
כָּל־קֳבֵל דְּנָה מַלְכָּא בְּנַס וּקְצַף שַׂגִּיא וַאֲמַר לְהוֹבָדָה לְכֹל חַכִּימֵי בָבֶֽל
For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.
skip 14, width 14 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 1,037,061Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
דאנקן — the name in Hebrew letters: male given name. Searched as דאנקן, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 205.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Duncan appear in the Torah codes?
205 sequences of דאנקן at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 200 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Duncan in the Torah?
Skip 25, reading forward from Genesis 30:14 — the shortest of 205 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 200.
How is Duncan spelled in Hebrew?
Duncan is spelled דאנקן — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 205.
Is Duncan in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 789 sequences of דאנקן at skips 2–5,000, 6.8% above what chance alone gives (about 739); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 0.04 by chance alone.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 200 here) beside the count.