Ebenezer אבן העזר
Ebenezer (אבן העזר) is the name of a place in the Tanakh — Eben-ezer. אבן (from Ebenezer) appears 667,294 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, 0.9% more than chance alone would give (about 661,131; probability 1.9 × 10⁻¹⁴).
- Found in the Torah (אבן)
- 667,294
- Chance alone
- 661,131
- P (≥ found)
- 1.9 × 10⁻¹⁴
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
A name of more than one word is searched one word at a time, as the laboratory does: the counts on this page are for אבן, and העזר has its own figure under the other spellings, each beside its chance figure.
At skips 2–5,000, אבן appears 667,294 times in the Torah — 0.9% more than the 661,131 chance alone would give; the probability of 667,294 or more by chance alone is 1.9 × 10⁻¹⁴.
The shortest skip at which אבן appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 17:27, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–152,424), אבן is found 10,159,379 times; chance alone would give about 10,247,246.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 661,131 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 202,121
- Exodus 110,366
- Leviticus 96,959
- Numbers 155,387
- Deuteronomy 102,461
The shortest skips
וְכָל־אַנְשֵׁי בֵיתוֹ יְלִיד בָּיִת וּמִקְנַת־כֶּסֶף מֵאֵת בֶּן־נֵכָר נִמֹּלוּ אִתּֽוֹ
And all the men of his house, those born in the house, and those bought with money of a foreigner, were circumcised with him.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 20,466Open in the laboratory →
וָאֶשְׁאַל אֹתָהּ וָאֹמַר בַּת־מִי אַתְּ וַתֹּאמֶר בַּת־בְּתוּאֵל בֶּן־נָחוֹר אֲשֶׁר יָֽלְדָה־לּוֹ מִלְכָּה וָאָשִׂם הַנֶּזֶם עַל־אַפָּהּ וְהַצְּמִידִים עַל־יָדֶֽיהָ
And I asked her, and said: Whose daughter art thou? And she said: The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor’s son, whom Milcah bore unto him. And I put the ring upon her nose, and the bracelets upon her hands.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 31,808Open in the laboratory →
וְאִם־לֹא תִשְׁמְעוּ אֵלֵינוּ לְהִמּוֹל וְלָקַחְנוּ אֶת־בִּתֵּנוּ וְהָלָֽכְנוּ
But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised; then will we take our daughter, and we will be gone.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 49,989Open in the laboratory →
וְהָיָה לָכֶם לְמִשְׁמֶרֶת עַד אַרְבָּעָה עָשָׂר יוֹם לַחֹדֶשׁ הַזֶּה וְשָׁחֲטוּ אֹתוֹ כֹּל קְהַל עֲדַֽת־יִשְׂרָאֵל בֵּין הָעַרְבָּֽיִם
and ye shall keep it unto the fourteenth day of the same month; and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it at dusk.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 94,258Open in the laboratory →
וַיְהִי כְּדַבֵּר אַהֲרֹן אֶל־כָּל־עֲדַת בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיִּפְנוּ אֶל־הַמִּדְבָּר וְהִנֵּה כְּבוֹד יְהוָה נִרְאָה בֶּעָנָֽן
And it came to pass, as Aaron spoke unto the whole congregation of the children of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and, behold, the glory of the LORD appeared in the cloud.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 101,830Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
2,381,855 sequences of אבן at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 2,388,747 that chance alone would produce.
- Genesis 202,121
- Exodus 110,366
- Leviticus 96,959
- Numbers 155,387
- Deuteronomy 107,733
- Joshua 80,173
- Judges 86,978
- Samuel 194,337
- Kings 182,259
- Isaiah 104,338
- Jeremiah 170,891
- Ezekiel 155,049
- The Twelve 100,941
- Psalms 122,417
- Proverbs 41,901
- Job 60,437
- Song of Songs 7,361
- Ruth 12,576
- Lamentations 10,132
- Ecclesiastes 19,017
- Esther 18,460
- Daniel 70,185
- Ezra–Nehemiah 94,198
- Chronicles 177,639
Outside the Torah
וַיָּנָס אֲדֹנִי בֶזֶק וַֽיִּרְדְּפוּ אַחֲרָיו וַיֹּאחֲזוּ אֹתוֹ וַֽיְקַצְּצוּ אֶת־בְּהֹנוֹת יָדָיו וְרַגְלָֽיו
But Adoni-bezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 344,977Open in the laboratory →
וְהוּא שָׁב מִן־הַפְּסִילִים אֲשֶׁר אֶת־הַגִּלְגָּל וַיֹּאמֶר דְּבַר־סֵתֶר לִי אֵלֶיךָ הַמֶּלֶךְ וַיֹּאמֶר הָס וַיֵּֽצְאוּ מֵֽעָלָיו כָּל־הָעֹמְדִים עָלָֽיו
But he himself turned back from the quarries that were by Gilgal, and said: ‘I have a secret errand unto thee, O king.’ And he said: ‘Keep silence.’ And all that stood by him went out from him.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 349,285Open in the laboratory →
וּמָשַׁכְתִּי אֵלֶיךָ אֶל־נַחַל קִישׁוֹן אֶת־סִֽיסְרָא שַׂר־צְבָא יָבִין וְאֶת־רִכְבּוֹ וְאֶת־הֲמוֹנוֹ וּנְתַתִּיהוּ בְּיָדֶֽךָ
And I will draw unto thee to the brook Kishon Sisera, the captain of Jabin’s army, with his chariots and his multitude; and I will deliver him into thy hand.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 350,500Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
אבן העזר — the Tanakh's own spelling: Eben-ezer. Searched as אבן, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 53.
As a plain word it stands 71 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 31:45. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Other spellings
- העזר — the Tanakh's own spelling found 4,432 in the Torah (chance 4,328)
Questions
Does Ebenezer appear in the Torah codes?
At skips 2–5,000, אבן appears 667,294 times in the Torah — 0.9% more than the 661,131 chance alone would give; the probability of 667,294 or more by chance alone is 1.9 × 10⁻¹⁴.
What is the shortest skip for Ebenezer in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 17:27 — the shortest of 667,294 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 661,131.
What is the gematria of Ebenezer in Hebrew?
Ebenezer is spelled אבן העזר — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 53; one other spelling is counted on this page.
How many times is Ebenezer found in the whole Tanakh?
2,381,855 sequences of אבן at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 2,388,747 that chance alone would produce.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 661,131 here) beside the count.