Gihon גיחון
Gihon (גיחון) is the name of a place in the Tanakh. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 215 sequences of Gihon, the shortest at skip 3 (Exodus 34:24); chance alone would give about 231.
- Found in the Torah
- 215
- Chance alone
- 231
- P (≥ found)
- 0.86
- Shortest skip
- 3
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
The Torah holds 215 sequences of גיחון at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 231).
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 3 — the first at Exodus 34:24, reading backward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 76,212, the Torah holds 1,863 sequences of גיחון, against about 1,821 from chance alone.
- Genesis 70
- Exodus 40
- Leviticus 33
- Numbers 50
- Deuteronomy 22
The shortest skips
כִּֽי־אוֹרִישׁ גּוֹיִם מִפָּנֶיךָ וְהִרְחַבְתִּי אֶת־גְּבוּלֶךָ וְלֹא־יַחְמֹד אִישׁ אֶֽת־אַרְצְךָ בַּעֲלֹֽתְךָ לֵרָאוֹת אֶת־פְּנֵי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ שָׁלֹשׁ פְּעָמִים בַּשָּׁנָֽה
For I will cast out nations before thee, and enlarge thy borders; neither shall any man covet thy land, when thou goest up to appear before the LORD thy God three times in the year.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 130,314Open in the laboratory →
וְאֵת שְׁנֵי בָנֶיהָ אֲשֶׁר שֵׁם הָֽאֶחָד גֵּֽרְשֹׁם כִּי אָמַר גֵּר הָיִיתִי בְּאֶרֶץ נָכְרִיָּֽה
and her two sons; of whom the name of the one was Gershom; for he said: ‘I have been a stranger in a strange land’;
skip 25, width 25 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 104,247Open in the laboratory →
וַיְסַפֵּר אֶל־אָבִיו וְאֶל־אֶחָיו וַיִּגְעַר־בּוֹ אָבִיו וַיֹּאמֶר לוֹ מָה הַחֲלוֹם הַזֶּה אֲשֶׁר חָלָמְתָּ הֲבוֹא נָבוֹא אֲנִי וְאִמְּךָ וְאַחֶיךָ לְהִשְׁתַּחֲוֺת לְךָ אָֽרְצָה
And he told it to his father, and to his brethren; and his father rebuked him, and said unto him: ‘What is this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down to thee to the earth?’
skip 31, width 31 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 54,604Open in the laboratory →
לָמָּה יֹאמְרוּ מִצְרַיִם לֵאמֹר בְּרָעָה הֽוֹצִיאָם לַהֲרֹג אֹתָם בֶּֽהָרִים וּלְכַלֹּתָם מֵעַל פְּנֵי הָֽאֲדָמָה שׁוּב מֵחֲרוֹן אַפֶּךָ וְהִנָּחֵם עַל־הָרָעָה לְעַמֶּֽךָ
Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, saying: For evil did He bring them forth, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from Thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against Thy people.
skip 36, width 36 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 126,402Open in the laboratory →
וְאֶשֶׁד הַנְּחָלִים אֲשֶׁר נָטָה לְשֶׁבֶת עָר וְנִשְׁעַן לִגְבוּל מוֹאָֽב
And the slope of the valleys That inclineth toward the seat of Ar, And leaneth upon the border of Moab.—
skip 69, width 69 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 224,244Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 1,382 sequences of גיחון at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 1,322).
- Genesis 70
- Exodus 40
- Leviticus 33
- Numbers 50
- Deuteronomy 26
- Joshua 72
- Judges 62
- Samuel 95
- Kings 66
- Isaiah 113
- Jeremiah 68
- Ezekiel 79
- The Twelve 81
- Psalms 116
- Proverbs 44
- Job 78
- Song of Songs 15
- Ruth 8
- Lamentations 6
- Ecclesiastes 20
- Esther 7
- Daniel 56
- Ezra–Nehemiah 59
- Chronicles 118
Outside the Torah
יְלַחֲכוּ עָפָר כַּנָּחָשׁ כְּזֹחֲלֵי אֶרֶץ יִרְגְּזוּ מִמִּסְגְּרֹֽתֵיהֶם אֶל־יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ יִפְחָדוּ וְיִֽרְאוּ מִמֶּֽךָּ
They shall lick the dust like a serpent; Like crawling things of the earth they shall come trembling out of their close places; They shall come with fear unto the LORD our God, And shall be afraid because of Thee.
skip 6, width 6 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 832,392Open in the laboratory →
וְעַתָּה אֲנַחְנוּ מְאַשְּׁרִים זֵדִים גַּם־נִבְנוּ עֹשֵׂי רִשְׁעָה גַּם בָּחֲנוּ אֱלֹהִים וַיִּמָּלֵֽטוּ
And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are built up; yea, they try God, and are delivered.’
skip 8, width 8 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 858,071Open in the laboratory →
גַּאֲוַת אָדָם תַּשְׁפִּילֶנּוּ וּשְׁפַל־רוּחַ יִתְמֹךְ כָּבֽוֹד
A man’s pride shall bring him low; but he that is of a lowly spirit shall attain to honour.
skip 10, width 10 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 961,875Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
גיחון — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as גיחון, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 77.
As a plain word it stands 2 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 2:13. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Gihon in the Torah codes?
The Torah holds 215 sequences of גיחון at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 231).
What is the shortest skip for Gihon in the Torah?
Skip 3, reading backward from Exodus 34:24 — the shortest of 215 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 231.
How is Gihon spelled in Hebrew?
Gihon is spelled גיחון — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 77.
Is Gihon in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 1,382 sequences of גיחון at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 1,322).
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 231 here) beside the count.