Biblical names

Gibbethon גבתון

Gibbethon (גבתון) is the name of a place in the Tanakh. In the Torah codes, Gibbethon is found 307 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 10 (Numbers 1:20) — about what chance alone gives (about 299).

Found in the Torah
307
Chance alone
299
P (≥ found)
0.33
Shortest skip
10

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, גבתון appears 307 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 299, so the count is in line with chance.

The shortest skip at which גבתון appears in the Torah is 10 — the first at Numbers 1:20, reading backward.

At every skip the Torah allows (2–76,212), גבתון is found 2,396 times; chance alone would give about 2,355.

  • Genesis 91
  • Exodus 53
  • Leviticus 53
  • Numbers 65
  • Deuteronomy 45

The shortest skips

  1. Numbers 1:20במדבר א:כskip 10, backward

    וַיִּהְיוּ בְנֵֽי־רְאוּבֵן בְּכֹר יִשְׂרָאֵל תּוֹלְדֹתָם לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם לְבֵית אֲבֹתָם בְּמִסְפַּר שֵׁמוֹת לְגֻלְגְּלֹתָם כָּל־זָכָר מִבֶּן עֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה וָמַעְלָה כֹּל יֹצֵא צָבָֽא

    And the children of Reuben, Israel’s first-born, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’houses, according to the number of names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;

    גבתון at skip 10, backward from Numbers 1:20וקאתמשהויפקדםבמדברסיניויהיובניראובבכרישראלתלדתםלמשפחםלביתאבתםמספרשמותללגלתםכלזכרמבןעשריםשנהומעלהכליצאצבאפגבתון
    skip 10, width 10 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 187,103Open in the laboratory →

  2. Genesis 29:33בראשית כט:לגskip 30, forward

    וַתַּהַר עוֹד וַתֵּלֶד בֵּן וַתֹּאמֶר כִּֽי־שָׁמַע יְהוָה כִּֽי־שְׂנוּאָה אָנֹכִי וַיִּתֶּן־לִי גַּם־אֶת־זֶה וַתִּקְרָא שְׁמוֹ שִׁמְעֽוֹן

    And she conceived again, and bore a son; and said: ‘Because the LORD hath heard that I am hated, He hath therefore given me this son also.’ And she called his name Simeon.

    גבתון at skip 30, forward from Genesis 29:33אהותלדבןותקראשמוראובןאהיקוקבענייכיעתהיאהבנעודותלדבןותאמרכישמעיקאנכיויתןליםאתזהותקראתהרעודותלדןותאמרעתההשיאליכיילדילושלשהבנימולויותהרעדותלדבןותאהאתיקוקעלכקראהשמויהודתותרארחלכילאילדהליעקבאחתהותאמראליעקבהבהליןמתהאנכיויחראףיעקבברחגבתון
    skip 30, width 30 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown.

    letter 41,363Open in the laboratory →

  3. Exodus 23:9שמות כג:טskip 101, backward

    וְגֵר לֹא תִלְחָץ וְאַתֶּם יְדַעְתֶּם אֶת־נֶפֶשׁ הַגֵּר כִּֽי־גֵרִים הֱיִיתֶם בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם

    And a stranger shalt thou not oppress; for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

    גבתון at skip 101, backward from Exodus 23:9חרםבלתיליקוקלבדווגרלאעאשמעצעקתווחרהאפיוהרגליונשךאםחבלתחבלשלמתרעהיםלאתקללושיאבעמךלאתאנשיקדשתהיןליובשרבשדענהעלרבלנטאחרירביםלהזבלועזבתעזעמולאתטהמשבריצדיקיםורלאתלחץואתשתהואכלואביניעמךויתרםבןאמתךוהגרובכלאשראמרתםתאכלמצותכאשרצויתךלמוגבתונ
    skip 101, width 101 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown.

    letter 111,246Open in the laboratory →

  4. Exodus 15:21שמות טו:כאskip 108, backward

    וַתַּעַן לָהֶם מִרְיָם שִׁירוּ לַֽיהוָה כִּֽי־גָאֹה גָּאָה סוּס וְרֹכְבוֹ רָמָה בַיָּֽם

    And Miriam sang unto them: Sing ye to the LORD, for He is highly exalted: The horse and his rider hath He thrown into the sea.

    גבתון at skip 108, backward from Exodus 15:21לישועהזהאליואנוהואלהיולתכמואבןימינךיקוקנאדקפאותהמתבלביםאמראויבאיקוקמיכמכהאדרבקדשנורפלשתאזנבהלאלופיאדוםאקניתתבאמווטעמובהרנחלהםאתמיהיםוניישראלהלכליקוקכיגאהאהסוסורכבותמיםממרהכימריםהםעלכןקטושםנסהוויאמראםשמועתשנייקוקרפאךויבאואילמהוגבתונ
    skip 108, width 108 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown.

    letter 100,752Open in the laboratory →

  5. Genesis 26:20בראשית כו:כskip 109, forward

    וַיָּרִיבוּ רֹעֵי גְרָר עִם־רֹעֵי יִצְחָק לֵאמֹר לָנוּ הַמָּיִם וַיִּקְרָא שֵֽׁם־הַבְּאֵר עֵשֶׂק כִּי הִֽתְעַשְּׂקוּ עִמּֽוֹ

    And the herdmen of Gerar strove with Isaac’s herdmen, saying: ‘The water is ours.’ And he called the name of the well Esek; because they contended with him.

    גבתון at skip 109, forward from Genesis 26:20גדלהאישוילךהלוךוגדלעדסתמוםפלשתיםוימלאוםעפראשרחפרובימיאברהםאביווםויריבורעיררעםרעייצחאראחרתולארועליהויקראברהםאביךאליראכיאתךאנימלךהלךאלימגררואחזתממךונאמרתהיאאלהבינותיוךיקוקויעשלהםמשתהויאכעלאדותהבאראשרחפרוויאמהחתיואתבשמתבתאילןהחתיגבתונ
    skip 109, width 109 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown.

    letter 35,438Open in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

1,405 sequences of גבתון at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 1,433 that chance alone would produce.

  • Genesis 91
  • Exodus 53
  • Leviticus 53
  • Numbers 65
  • Deuteronomy 49
  • Joshua 96
  • Judges 47
  • Samuel 106
  • Kings 72
  • Isaiah 77
  • Jeremiah 107
  • Ezekiel 80
  • The Twelve 78
  • Psalms 92
  • Proverbs 40
  • Job 40
  • Song of Songs 10
  • Ruth 13
  • Lamentations 21
  • Ecclesiastes 19
  • Esther 8
  • Daniel 30
  • Ezra–Nehemiah 46
  • Chronicles 112

Outside the Torah

  1. 2 Samuel 17:16שמואל ב יז:טזskip 3, forward

    וְעַתָּה שִׁלְחוּ מְהֵרָה וְהַגִּידוּ לְדָוִד לֵאמֹר אַל־תָּלֶן הַלַּיְלָה בְּעַֽרְבוֹת הַמִּדְבָּר וְגַם עָבוֹר תַּעֲבוֹר פֶּן יְבֻלַּע לַמֶּלֶךְ וּלְכָל־הָעָם אֲשֶׁר אִתּֽוֹ

    Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying: Lodge not this night in the plains of the wilderness, but in any wise pass over; lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people that are with him.’

    גבתון at skip 3, forward from 2 Samuel 17:16רבותהמדברוםעורעברפיבלעלמלךולגבתון
    skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 462,662Open in the laboratory →

  2. Amos 6:2עמוס ו:בskip 11, forward

    עִבְרוּ כַֽלְנֵה וּרְאוּ וּלְכוּ מִשָּׁם חֲמַת רַבָּה וּרְדוּ גַת־פְּלִשְׁתּים הֲטוֹבִים מִן־הַמַּמְלָכוֹת הָאֵלֶּה אִם־רַב גְּבוּלָם מִגְּבֻלְכֶֽם

    Pass ye unto Calneh, and see, And from thence go ye to Hamath the great; Then go down to Gath of the Philistines; Are they better than these kingdoms? Or is their border greater than your border? .

    גבתון at skip 11, forward from Amos 6:2םביתישראלעברוכלנהוראוולכומשםחמתרבהורדותפלשתיםהטויםמןהממלכוהאלהאםרבגבלםמגבלכםהמדיםליוםרעותגישוןשבתחמסהשכביםעלמטותשןוסגבתונ
    skip 11, width 11 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 819,861Open in the laboratory →

  3. Obadiah 1:9עובדיה א:טskip 14, backward

    וְחַתּוּ גִבּוֹרֶיךָ תֵּימָן לְמַעַן יִכָּֽרֶת־אִישׁ מֵהַר עֵשָׂו מִקָּֽטֶל

    And thy mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed, To the end that every one may be cut off from the mount of Esau by slaughter.

    גבתון at skip 14, backward from Obadiah 1:9ריתךהשיאוךיכלולךאנשישלמךלחמךישימומזורתחתיךאיןתבוהבוהלואביוםההאנאםיקוקוהאבדיחכמיםמאדוםותונהמהרעשווחתובוריךתימןלמעןיכרתאישמהרעשומקטלמחמסאחיךיעקבתכסךבושגבתונ
    skip 14, width 14 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 823,595Open in the laboratory →

The spelling

גבתון — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as גבתון, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 461.

As a plain word it stands 3 times in the Tanakh, first at Joshua 21:23. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

Questions

Is Gibbethon in the Bible code?

At skips 2–5,000, גבתון appears 307 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 299, so the count is in line with chance.

What is the shortest skip for Gibbethon in the Torah?

Skip 10, reading backward from Numbers 1:20 — the shortest of 307 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 299.

What is the gematria of Gibbethon in Hebrew?

Gibbethon is spelled גבתון — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 461.

How many times is Gibbethon found in the whole Tanakh?

1,405 sequences of גבתון at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 1,433 that chance alone would produce.

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