Biblical names

Eshton אשתון

Eshton (אשתון) is a person named in the Tanakh. Eshton appears 3,649 times as a letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, in line with the 3,658 chance alone would give.

Found in the Torah
3,649
Chance alone
3,658
P (≥ found)
0.56
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 3,649 sequences of אשתון at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 3,658).

Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Deuteronomy 29:14, reading backward.

Counting every skip from 2 to 76,212, the Torah holds 30,262 sequences of אשתון, against about 28,829 from chance alone.

  • Genesis 943
  • Exodus 784
  • Leviticus 622
  • Numbers 782
  • Deuteronomy 518

The shortest skips

  1. Deuteronomy 29:14דברים כט:ידskip 2, backward

    כִּי אֶת־אֲשֶׁר יֶשְׁנוֹ פֹּה עִמָּנוּ עֹמֵד הַיּוֹם לִפְנֵי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ וְאֵת אֲשֶׁר אֵינֶנּוּ פֹּה עִמָּנוּ הַיּֽוֹם

    but with him that standeth here with us this day before the LORD our God, and also with him that is not here with us this day—

    אשתון at skip 2, backward from Deuteronomy 29:14וקאלהיואאריננופהעאשתונ
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 296,147Open in the laboratory →

  2. Leviticus 10:1ויקרא י:אskip 3, forward

    וַיִּקְחוּ בְנֵֽי־אַהֲרֹן נָדָב וַאֲבִיהוּא אִישׁ מַחְתָּתוֹ וַיִּתְּנוּ בָהֵן אֵשׁ וַיָּשִׂימוּ עָלֶיהָ קְטֹרֶת וַיַּקְרִבוּ לִפְנֵי יְהוָה אֵשׁ זָרָה אֲשֶׁר לֹא צִוָּה אֹתָֽם

    And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took each of them his censer, and put fire therein, and laid incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the LORD, which He had not commanded them.

    אשתון at skip 3, forward from Leviticus 10:1ןנדבואביהואימחתויתובהןאשוישיאשתונ
    skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 154,175Open in the laboratory →

  3. Numbers 26:10במדבר כו:יskip 6, forward

    וַתִּפְתַּח הָאָרֶץ אֶת־פִּיהָ וַתִּבְלַע אֹתָם וְאֶת־קֹרַח בְּמוֹת הָעֵדָה בַּאֲכֹל הָאֵשׁ אֵת חֲמִשִּׁים וּמָאתַיִם אִישׁ וַיִּהְיוּ לְנֵֽס

    and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died; what time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men, and they became a sign.

    אשתון at skip 6, forward from Numbers 26:10םואתקרחבמותהעדהבאכלהשאתחמיםומאיםאישיהיולסובניקרחלאמתובנישמעוןאשתונ
    skip 6, width 6 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 231,553Open in the laboratory →

  4. Exodus 39:29שמות לט:כטskip 7, forward

    וְֽאֶת־הָאַבְנֵט שֵׁשׁ מָשְׁזָר וּתְכֵלֶת וְאַרְגָּמָן וְתוֹלַעַת שָׁנִי מַעֲשֵׂה רֹקֵם כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוָּה יְהוָה אֶת־מֹשֶֽׁה

    and the girdle of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, the work of the weaver in colours; as the LORD commanded Moses.

    אשתון at skip 7, forward from Exodus 39:29תששואתמכנסיהבדששמשזרואתהבנטששמזרותכלוארגמןתולעתשימעשהרקםכאשרצוהיקוקאתמשהאשתונ
    skip 7, width 7 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 139,236Open in the laboratory →

  5. Genesis 19:27בראשית יט:כזskip 8, forward

    וַיַּשְׁכֵּם אַבְרָהָם בַּבֹּקֶר אֶל־הַמָּקוֹם אֲשֶׁר־עָמַד שָׁם אֶת־פְּנֵי יְהוָֽה

    And Abraham got up early in the morning to the place where he had stood before the LORD.

    אשתון at skip 8, forward from Genesis 19:27יוותהינציבמלחוישכםאברהםבבקרלהמקוםארעמדשםאפנייקוקישקףעלפיסדםועמרהועלכלפניארץהככרויראאשתונ
    skip 8, width 8 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 23,680Open in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

The whole Tanakh holds 12,220 sequences of אשתון at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 12,136).

  • Genesis 943
  • Exodus 784
  • Leviticus 622
  • Numbers 782
  • Deuteronomy 570
  • Joshua 427
  • Judges 481
  • Samuel 1,166
  • Kings 933
  • Isaiah 510
  • Jeremiah 753
  • Ezekiel 888
  • The Twelve 474
  • Psalms 521
  • Proverbs 194
  • Job 302
  • Song of Songs 51
  • Ruth 67
  • Lamentations 48
  • Ecclesiastes 114
  • Esther 101
  • Daniel 247
  • Ezra–Nehemiah 432
  • Chronicles 810

Outside the Torah

  1. 2 Samuel 13:8שמואל ב יג:חskip 2, backward

    וַתֵּלֶךְ תָּמָר בֵּית אַמְנוֹן אָחִיהָ וְהוּא שֹׁכֵב וַתִּקַּח אֶת־הַבָּצֵק ותלוש וַתְּלַבֵּב לְעֵינָיו וַתְּבַשֵּׁל אֶת־הַלְּבִבֽוֹת

    So Tamar went to her brother Amnon’s house; and he was lying down. And she took dough, and kneaded it, and made cakes in his sight, and did bake the cakes.

    אשתון at skip 2, backward from 2 Samuel 13:8לבבלעייובלתהלבבותאשתונ
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 453,626Open in the laboratory →

  2. 2 Kings 12:10מלכים ב יב:יskip 3, forward

    וַיִּקַּח יְהוֹיָדָע הַכֹּהֵן אֲרוֹן אֶחָד וַיִּקֹּב חֹר בְּדַלְתּוֹ וַיִּתֵּן אֹתוֹ אֵצֶל הַמִּזְבֵּחַ בימין בְּבֽוֹא־אִישׁ בֵּית יְהוָה וְנָֽתְנוּ־שָׁמָּה הַכֹּֽהֲנִים שֹׁמְרֵי הַסַּף אֶת־כָּל־הַכֶּסֶף הַמּוּבָא בֵית־יְהוָֽה

    And Jehoiada the priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid of it, and set it beside the altar, on the right side as one cometh into the house of the LORD; and the priests that kept the threshold put therein all the money that was brought into the house of the LORD.

    אשתון at skip 3, forward from 2 Kings 12:10בחבימיןבבואיבייקקותנושמההכהנאשתונ
    skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 549,424Open in the laboratory →

  3. Jeremiah 42:15ירמיהו מב:טוskip 3, forward

    וְעַתָּה לָכֵן שִׁמְעוּ דְבַר־יְהוָה שְׁאֵרִית יְהוּדָה כֹּֽה־אָמַר יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אִם־אַתֶּם שׂוֹם תְּשִׂמוּן פְּנֵיכֶם לָבֹא מִצְרַיִם וּבָאתֶם לָגוּר שָֽׁם

    now therefore hear ye the word of the LORD, O remnant of Judah: Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: If ye wholly set your faces to enter into Egypt, and go to sojourn there;

    אשתון at skip 3, forward from Jeremiah 42:15להיישראלאםתםוםשמןפיכםלבאמצריאשתונ
    skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 708,165Open in the laboratory →

The spelling

אשתון — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as אשתון, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 757.

As a plain word it stands 1 time in the Tanakh, first at 1 Chronicles 4:11. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

Questions

Is Eshton in the Bible code?

The Torah holds 3,649 sequences of אשתון at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 3,658).

What is the shortest skip for Eshton in the Torah?

Skip 2, reading backward from Deuteronomy 29:14 — the shortest of 3,649 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 3,658.

How is Eshton spelled in Hebrew?

Eshton is spelled אשתון — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 757.

Is Eshton in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?

The whole Tanakh holds 12,220 sequences of אשתון at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 12,136).

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