Eliyahu (Elijah · אליהו)
Eliyahu (Elijah · אליהו) is a person named in the Tanakh. Eliyahu (Elijah) appears 17,456 times as a letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, in line with the 17,665 chance alone would give.
- Found in the Torah
- 17,456
- Chance alone
- 17,665
- P (≥ found)
- 0.94
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
17,456 sequences of אליהו at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 17,665 that chance alone would produce.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Exodus 35:31, reading backward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 76,212, the Torah holds 132,991 sequences of אליהו, against about 139,221 from chance alone.
- Genesis 4,857
- Exodus 3,397
- Leviticus 2,528
- Numbers 3,425
- Deuteronomy 3,249
The shortest skips
וַיְמַלֵּא אֹתוֹ רוּחַ אֱלֹהִים בְּחָכְמָה בִּתְבוּנָה וּבְדַעַת וּבְכָל־מְלָאכָֽה
And He hath filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 132,455Open in the laboratory →
הַחֹדֶשׁ הַזֶּה לָכֶם רֹאשׁ חֳדָשִׁים רִאשׁוֹן הוּא לָכֶם לְחָדְשֵׁי הַשָּׁנָֽה
’This month shall be unto you the beginning of months; it shall be the first month of the year to you.
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 94,027Open in the laboratory →
וְנִגְּשָׁה יְבִמְתּוֹ אֵלָיו לְעֵינֵי הַזְּקֵנִים וְחָלְצָה נַעֲלוֹ מֵעַל רַגְלוֹ וְיָרְקָה בְּפָנָיו וְעָֽנְתָה וְאָמְרָה כָּכָה יֵעָשֶׂה לָאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר לֹא־יִבְנֶה אֶת־בֵּית אָחִֽיו
then shall his brother’s wife draw nigh unto him in the presence of the elders, and loose his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his face; and she shall answer and say: ‘So shall it be done unto the man that doth not build up his brother’s house.’
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 288,532Open in the laboratory →
מֵהָעוֹף לְמִינֵהוּ וּמִן־הַבְּהֵמָה לְמִינָהּ מִכֹּל רֶמֶשׂ הָֽאֲדָמָה לְמִינֵהוּ שְׁנַיִם מִכֹּל יָבֹאוּ אֵלֶיךָ לְהַֽחֲיֽוֹת
Of the fowl after their kind, and of the cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive.
skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 7,822Open in the laboratory →
שֵׁשֶׁת יָמִים תֹּאכַל מַצּוֹת וּבַיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי עֲצֶרֶת לַיהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ לֹא תַעֲשֶׂה מְלָאכָֽה
Six days thou shalt eat unleavened bread; and on the seventh day shall be a solemn assembly to the LORD thy God; thou shalt do no work therein.
skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 276,990Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
73,551 sequences of אליהו at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 74,332 that chance alone would produce.
- Genesis 4,857
- Exodus 3,397
- Leviticus 2,528
- Numbers 3,425
- Deuteronomy 3,577
- Joshua 2,565
- Judges 2,934
- Samuel 7,915
- Kings 7,395
- Isaiah 3,368
- Jeremiah 6,179
- Ezekiel 4,105
- The Twelve 3,610
- Psalms 3,471
- Proverbs 840
- Job 1,220
- Song of Songs 164
- Ruth 265
- Lamentations 260
- Ecclesiastes 599
- Esther 516
- Daniel 1,453
- Ezra–Nehemiah 2,151
- Chronicles 6,757
Outside the Torah
וַיָּבֹא גִדְעוֹן וְהִנֵּה־אִישׁ מְסַפֵּר לְרֵעֵהוּ חֲלוֹם וַיֹּאמֶר הִנֵּה חֲלוֹם חָלַמְתִּי וְהִנֵּה צלול לֶחֶם שְׂעֹרִים מִתְהַפֵּךְ בְּמַחֲנֵה מִדְיָן וַיָּבֹא עַד־הָאֹהֶל וַיַּכֵּהוּ וַיִּפֹּל וַיַּהַפְכֵהוּ לְמַעְלָה וְנָפַל הָאֹֽהֶל
And when Gideon was come, behold, there was a man telling a dream unto his follow, and saying: ‘Behold, I dreamed a dream, and, lo, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the camp of Midian, and came unto the tent, and smote it that it fell, and turned it upside down, that the tent lay flat.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 356,735Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּשְׁלַח אַבְשָׁלוֹם מְרַגְּלִים בְּכָל־שִׁבְטֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לֵאמֹר כְּשָׁמְעֲכֶם אֶת־קוֹל הַשֹּׁפָר וַאֲמַרְתֶּם מָלַךְ אַבְשָׁלוֹם בְּחֶבְרֽוֹן
But Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying: ‘As soon as ye hear the sound of the horn, then ye shall say: Absalom is king in Hebron.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 458,351Open in the laboratory →
וְאַחְאָב בֶּן־עָמְרִי מָלַךְ עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵל בִּשְׁנַת שְׁלֹשִׁים וּשְׁמֹנֶה שָׁנָה לְאָסָא מֶלֶךְ יְהוּדָה וַיִּמְלֹךְ אַחְאָב בֶּן־עָמְרִי עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּשֹׁמְרוֹן עֶשְׂרִים וּשְׁתַּיִם שָׁנָֽה
And in the thirty and eighth year of Asa king of Judah began Ahab the son of Omri to reign over Israel; and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty and two years.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 513,895Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
אליהו — the Tanakh's own spelling: Elijah. Searched as אליהו, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 52.
As a plain word it stands 63 times in the Tanakh, first at 1 Kings 17:1. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
The same letters also spell: Elijah, Eliahu.
Questions
Is Eliyahu (Elijah) in the Bible code?
17,456 sequences of אליהו at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 17,665 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Eliyahu (Elijah) in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading backward from Exodus 35:31 — the shortest of 17,456 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 17,665.
How is Eliyahu (Elijah) spelled in Hebrew?
Eliyahu is spelled אליהו — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 52.
Is Eliyahu (Elijah) in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
73,551 sequences of אליהו at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 74,332 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 17,665 here) beside the count.