Ephod אפד
Ephod (אפד) is a person named in the Tanakh. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 96,417 sequences of Ephod, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 22:22); chance alone would give about 96,751.
- Found in the Torah
- 96,417
- Chance alone
- 96,751
- P (≥ found)
- 0.86
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
The Torah holds 96,417 sequences of אפד at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 96,751).
The shortest skip at which אפד appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 22:22, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–152,424), אפד is found 1,580,883 times; chance alone would give about 1,499,600.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 96,751 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 26,274
- Exodus 18,896
- Leviticus 13,605
- Numbers 24,887
- Deuteronomy 12,755
The shortest skips
וְאֶת־כֶּשֶׂד וְאֶת־חֲזוֹ וְאֶת־פִּלְדָּשׁ וְאֶת־יִדְלָף וְאֵת בְּתוּאֵֽל
and Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 28,228Open in the laboratory →
אַךְ אֶת־מַטֵּה לֵוִי לֹא תִפְקֹד וְאֶת־רֹאשָׁם לֹא תִשָּׂא בְּתוֹךְ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
’Howbeit the tribe of Levi thou shalt not number, neither shalt thou take the sum of them among the children of Israel;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 188,487Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ אֶל־מֹשֶׁה עֲבָדֶיךָ נָֽשְׂאוּ אֶת־רֹאשׁ אַנְשֵׁי הַמִּלְחָמָה אֲשֶׁר בְּיָדֵנוּ וְלֹא־נִפְקַד מִמֶּנּוּ אִֽישׁ
and they said unto Moses: ‘Thy servants have taken the sum of the men of war that are under our charge, and there lacketh not one man of us.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 241,712Open in the laboratory →
וְנָתַתִּי מְטַֽר־אַרְצְכֶם בְּעִתּוֹ יוֹרֶה וּמַלְקוֹשׁ וְאָסַפְתָּ דְגָנֶךָ וְתִֽירֹשְׁךָ וְיִצְהָרֶֽךָ
that I will give the rain of your land in its season, the former rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 269,435Open in the laboratory →
וְאֶת־כֶּשֶׂד וְאֶת־חֲזוֹ וְאֶת־פִּלְדָּשׁ וְאֶת־יִדְלָף וְאֵת בְּתוּאֵֽל
and Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 28,242Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 386,647 sequences of אפד at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 393,502).
- Genesis 26,274
- Exodus 18,896
- Leviticus 13,605
- Numbers 24,887
- Deuteronomy 13,490
- Joshua 9,073
- Judges 12,063
- Samuel 39,370
- Kings 23,972
- Isaiah 21,455
- Jeremiah 22,599
- Ezekiel 27,685
- The Twelve 17,451
- Psalms 28,025
- Proverbs 10,733
- Job 15,803
- Song of Songs 1,551
- Ruth 1,714
- Lamentations 1,494
- Ecclesiastes 2,883
- Esther 4,005
- Daniel 14,948
- Ezra–Nehemiah 9,883
- Chronicles 24,788
Outside the Torah
לֹֽא־נָפַל דָּבָר מִכֹּל הַדָּבָר הַטּוֹב אֲשֶׁר־דִּבֶּר יְהוָה אֶל־בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל הַכֹּל בָּֽא
There failed not aught of any good thing which the LORD had spoken unto the house of Israel; all came to pass.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 338,377Open in the laboratory →
וְהִנֵּה אָנֹכִי הוֹלֵךְ הַיּוֹם בְּדֶרֶךְ כָּל־הָאָרֶץ וִידַעְתֶּם בְּכָל־לְבַבְכֶם וּבְכָל־נַפְשְׁכֶם כִּי לֹֽא־נָפַל דָּבָר אֶחָד מִכֹּל הַדְּבָרִים הַטּוֹבִים אֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם עֲלֵיכֶם הַכֹּל בָּאוּ לָכֶם לֹֽא־נָפַל מִמֶּנּוּ דָּבָר אֶחָֽד
And, behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth; consider ye therefore in all your heart and in all your soul, that not one thing hath failed of all the good things which the LORD your God spoke concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, not one thing hath failed thereof.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 342,053Open in the laboratory →
וַאֲחִיָּה בֶן־אֲחִטוּב אֲחִי אִיכָבוֹד בֶּן־פִּינְחָס בֶּן־עֵלִי כֹּהֵן יְהוָה בְּשִׁלוֹ נֹשֵׂא אֵפוֹד וְהָעָם לֹא יָדַע כִּי הָלַךְ יוֹנָתָֽן
and Ahijah, the son of Ahitub, Ichabod’s brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the priest of the LORD in Shiloh, wearing an ephod. And the people knew not that Jonathan was gone.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 402,639Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
אפד — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as אפד, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 85.
As a plain word it stands 3 times in the Tanakh, first at Exodus 28:15. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Ephod appear in the Torah codes?
The Torah holds 96,417 sequences of אפד at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 96,751).
What is the shortest skip for Ephod in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 22:22 — the shortest of 96,417 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 96,751.
What is the gematria of Ephod in Hebrew?
Ephod is spelled אפד — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 85.
How many times is Ephod found in the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 386,647 sequences of אפד at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 393,502).
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 96,751 here) beside the count.