Biblical names

Eden עדן

Eden (עדן) is the name of a place in the Tanakh. Eden appears 119,459 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, 1.0% more than chance alone would give (about 118,251; probability 0.00023).

Found in the Torah
119,459
Chance alone
118,251
P (≥ found)
0.00023
Shortest skip
2

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, עדן appears 119,459 times in the Torah — 1.0% more than the 118,251 chance alone would give; the probability of 119,459 or more by chance alone is 0.00023.

The shortest skip at which עדן appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 29:15, reading forward.

At every skip the Torah allows (2–152,424), עדן is found 1,822,916 times; chance alone would give about 1,832,845.

A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 118,251 of it, so a large count is expected.

  • Genesis 31,710
  • Exodus 25,184
  • Leviticus 14,455
  • Numbers 31,910
  • Deuteronomy 16,200

The shortest skips

  1. Genesis 29:15בראשית כט:טוskip 2, forward

    וַיֹּאמֶר לָבָן לְיַעֲקֹב הֲכִי־אָחִי אַתָּה וַעֲבַדְתַּנִי חִנָּם הַגִּידָה לִּי מַה־מַּשְׂכֻּרְתֶּֽךָ

    And Laban said unto Jacob: ‘Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what shall thy wages be?’

    עדן at skip 2, forward from Genesis 29:15חיאתהובתיחנםהגיעדנ
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 40,573Open in the laboratory →

  2. Genesis 31:14בראשית לא:ידskip 2, forward

    וַתַּעַן רָחֵל וְלֵאָה וַתֹּאמַרְנָה לוֹ הַעוֹד לָנוּ חֵלֶק וְנַחֲלָה בְּבֵית אָבִֽינוּ

    And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him: ‘Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father’s house?

    עדן at skip 2, forward from Genesis 31:14רנהלוהולוחלקונחעדנ
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 44,314Open in the laboratory →

  3. Genesis 37:5בראשית לז:הskip 2, forward

    וַיַּחֲלֹם יוֹסֵף חֲלוֹם וַיַּגֵּד לְאֶחָיו וַיּוֹסִפוּ עוֹד שְׂנֹא אֹתֽוֹ

    And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it to his brethren; and they hated him yet the more.

    עדן at skip 2, forward from Genesis 37:5ויוספוושאאתוויאעדנ
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 54,313Open in the laboratory →

  4. Genesis 37:8בראשית לז:חskip 2, forward

    וַיֹּאמְרוּ לוֹ אֶחָיו הֲמָלֹךְ תִּמְלֹךְ עָלֵינוּ אִם־מָשׁוֹל תִּמְשֹׁל בָּנוּ וַיּוֹסִפוּ עוֹד שְׂנֹא אֹתוֹ עַל־חֲלֹמֹתָיו וְעַל־דְּבָרָֽיו

    And his brethren said to him: ‘Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us?’ And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words.

    עדן at skip 2, forward from Genesis 37:8ויוספוושאאתועלחעדנ
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 54,476Open in the laboratory →

  5. Genesis 49:15בראשית מט:טוskip 2, forward

    וַיַּרְא מְנֻחָה כִּי טוֹב וְאֶת־הָאָרֶץ כִּי נָעֵמָה וַיֵּט שִׁכְמוֹ לִסְבֹּל וַיְהִי לְמַס־עֹבֵֽד

    For he saw a resting-place that it was good, And the land that it was pleasant; And he bowed his shoulder to bear, And became a servant under task-work

    עדן at skip 2, forward from Genesis 49:15יהילמסבדידיןעמועדן
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 75,864Open in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

At skips 2–5,000, עדן appears 561,964 times in the whole Tanakh — 1.2% more than the 555,281 chance alone would give; the probability of 561,964 or more by chance alone is 1.8 × 10⁻¹⁹.

  • Genesis 31,710
  • Exodus 25,184
  • Leviticus 14,455
  • Numbers 31,910
  • Deuteronomy 17,345
  • Joshua 18,945
  • Judges 16,693
  • Samuel 49,229
  • Kings 33,389
  • Isaiah 30,958
  • Jeremiah 34,302
  • Ezekiel 33,173
  • The Twelve 21,926
  • Psalms 48,638
  • Proverbs 14,887
  • Job 20,108
  • Song of Songs 2,881
  • Ruth 3,067
  • Lamentations 2,867
  • Ecclesiastes 5,148
  • Esther 6,811
  • Daniel 26,683
  • Ezra–Nehemiah 27,897
  • Chronicles 43,758

Outside the Torah

  1. Joshua 3:13יהושע ג:יגskip 2, forward

    וְהָיָה כְּנוֹחַ כַּפּוֹת רַגְלֵי הַכֹּהֲנִים נֹשְׂאֵי אֲרוֹן יְהוָה אֲדוֹן כָּל־הָאָרֶץ בְּמֵי הַיַּרְדֵּן מֵי הַיַּרְדֵּן יִכָּרֵתוּן הַמַּיִם הַיֹּרְדִים מִלְמָעְלָה וְיַעַמְדוּ נֵד אֶחָֽד

    And it shall come to pass, when the soles of the feet of the priests that bear the ark of the LORD, the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of the Jordan, that the waters of the Jordan shall be cut off, even the waters that come down from above; and they shall stand in one heap.’

    עדן at skip 2, forward from Joshua 3:13מעלהוימודאחדויהעדנ
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 308,456Open in the laboratory →

  2. Joshua 5:13יהושע ה:יגskip 2, forward

    וַיְהִי בִּֽהְיוֹת יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בִּירִיחוֹ וַיִּשָּׂא עֵינָיו וַיַּרְא וְהִנֵּה־אִישׁ עֹמֵד לְנֶגְדּוֹ וְחַרְבּוֹ שְׁלוּפָה בְּיָדוֹ וַיֵּלֶךְ יְהוֹשֻׁעַ אֵלָיו וַיֹּאמֶר לוֹ הֲלָנוּ אַתָּה אִם־לְצָרֵֽינוּ

    And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand; and Joshua went unto him, and said unto him: ‘Art thou for us, or for our adversaries?’ .

    עדן at skip 2, forward from Joshua 5:13הנהאישמלגדווחרבעדנ
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 311,227Open in the laboratory →

  3. Joshua 21:30יהושע כא:לskip 2, forward

    וּמִמַּטֵּה אָשֵׁר אֶת־מִשְׁאָל וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁהָ אֶת־עַבְדּוֹן וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶֽׁהָ

    And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with the open land about it, Abdon with the open land about it;

    עדן at skip 2, forward from Joshua 21:30גרשהאתבוואתמגרשעדן
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 337,650Open in the laboratory →

The spelling

עדן — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as עדן, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 124.

As a plain word it stands 17 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 2:15. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

Questions

Does Eden appear in the Torah codes?

At skips 2–5,000, עדן appears 119,459 times in the Torah — 1.0% more than the 118,251 chance alone would give; the probability of 119,459 or more by chance alone is 0.00023.

What is the shortest skip for Eden in the Torah?

Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 29:15 — the shortest of 119,459 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 118,251.

What is the gematria of Eden in Hebrew?

Eden is spelled עדן — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 124.

How many times is Eden found in the whole Tanakh?

At skips 2–5,000, עדן appears 561,964 times in the whole Tanakh — 1.2% more than the 555,281 chance alone would give; the probability of 561,964 or more by chance alone is 1.8 × 10⁻¹⁹.

Search it yourself

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