Elishua אלישוע
Elishua (אלישוע) is a person named in the Tanakh. In the Torah codes, Elishua is found 344 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 3 (Numbers 35:8) — about what chance alone gives (about 359).
- Found in the Torah
- 344
- Chance alone
- 359
- P (≥ found)
- 0.80
- Shortest skip
- 3
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, אלישוע appears 344 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 359, so the count is in line with chance.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 3 — the first at Numbers 35:8, reading backward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 60,969, the Torah holds 2,228 sequences of אלישוע, against about 2,285 from chance alone.
- Genesis 94
- Exodus 78
- Leviticus 46
- Numbers 74
- Deuteronomy 52
The shortest skips
וְהֶֽעָרִים אֲשֶׁר תִּתְּנוּ מֵאֲחֻזַּת בְּנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל מֵאֵת הָרַב תַּרְבּוּ וּמֵאֵת הַמְעַט תַּמְעִיטוּ אִישׁ כְּפִי נַחֲלָתוֹ אֲשֶׁר יִנְחָלוּ יִתֵּן מֵעָרָיו לַלְוִיִּֽם
And concerning the cities which ye shall give of the possession of the children of Israel, from the many ye shall take many, and from the few ye shall take few; each tribe according to its inheritance which it inheriteth shall give of its cities unto the Levites.’
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 247,805Open in the laboratory →
וַיָּבֹאוּ הָאֲנָשִׁים עַל־הַנָּשִׁים כֹּל נְדִיב לֵב הֵבִיאוּ חָח וָנֶזֶם וְטַבַּעַת וְכוּמָז כָּל־כְּלִי זָהָב וְכָל־אִישׁ אֲשֶׁר הֵנִיף תְּנוּפַת זָהָב לַיהוָֽה
And they came, both men and women, as many as were willing-hearted, and brought nose-rings, and ear-rings, and signet-rings, and girdles, all jewels of gold; even every man that brought an offering of gold unto the LORD.
skip 10, width 10 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 131,937Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה כָּבֵד לֵב פַּרְעֹה מֵאֵן לְשַׁלַּח הָעָֽם
And the LORD said unto Moses: ‘Pharaoh’s heart is stubborn, he refuseth to let the people go.
skip 14, width 14 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 87,028Open in the laboratory →
וְנָסְעוּ הַקְּהָתִים נֹשְׂאֵי הַמִּקְדָּשׁ וְהֵקִימוּ אֶת־הַמִּשְׁכָּן עַד־בֹּאָֽם
And the Kohathites the bearers of the sanctuary set forward, that the tabernacle might be set up against their coming.
skip 14, width 14 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 206,003Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר בָּא אָחִיךָ בְּמִרְמָה וַיִּקַּח בִּרְכָתֶֽךָ
And he said: ‘Thy brother came with guile, and hath taken away thy blessing.’
skip 57, width 57 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 37,915Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
1,627 sequences of אלישוע at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 1,585 that chance alone would produce.
- Genesis 94
- Exodus 78
- Leviticus 46
- Numbers 74
- Deuteronomy 62
- Joshua 57
- Judges 56
- Samuel 206
- Kings 151
- Isaiah 87
- Jeremiah 91
- Ezekiel 82
- The Twelve 71
- Psalms 92
- Proverbs 19
- Job 42
- Song of Songs 7
- Ruth 3
- Lamentations 8
- Ecclesiastes 18
- Esther 8
- Daniel 33
- Ezra–Nehemiah 57
- Chronicles 185
Outside the Torah
וַיִּרְאוּ אִֽישׁ־יִשְׂרָאֵל כִּי מֵת אֲבִימֶלֶךְ וַיֵּלְכוּ אִישׁ לִמְקֹמֽוֹ
And when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they departed every man unto his place.
skip 7, width 7 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 363,091Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר דָּוִד אֶל־לִבּוֹ עַתָּה אֶסָּפֶה יוֹם־אֶחָד בְּיַד־שָׁאוּל אֵֽין־לִי טוֹב כִּי הִמָּלֵט אִמָּלֵט אֶל־אֶרֶץ פְּלִשְׁתִּים וְנוֹאַשׁ מִמֶּנִּי שָׁאוּל לְבַקְשֵׁנִי עוֹד בְּכָל־גְּבוּל יִשְׂרָאֵל וְנִמְלַטְתִּי מִיָּדֽוֹ
And David said in his heart: ‘I shall now be swept away one day by the hand of Saul; there is nothing better for me than that I should escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul will despair of me, to seek me any more in all the borders of Israel; so shall I escape out of his hand.’
skip 8, width 8 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 429,000Open in the laboratory →
לִשְׁנַיִם וְעֶשְׂרִים לְגִדַּלְתִּי בָּנָיו וְאֶחָיו שְׁנֵים עָשָֽׂר
For the two and twentieth to Giddalti, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
skip 13, width 13 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 1,135,044Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
אלישוע — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as אלישוע, 6 letters, with a standard gematria value of 417.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Elishua appear in the Torah codes?
At skips 2–5,000, אלישוע appears 344 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 359, so the count is in line with chance.
What is the shortest skip for Elishua in the Torah?
Skip 3, reading backward from Numbers 35:8 — the shortest of 344 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 359.
How is Elishua spelled in Hebrew?
Elishua is spelled אלישוע — 6 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 417.
Is Elishua in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
1,627 sequences of אלישוע at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 1,585 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 359 here) beside the count.