Keros קרס

Keros (קרס) is a person named in the Tanakh. Counted across every skip (2–152,424), the Torah holds 249,021 sequences of Keros, the shortest at skip 2 (Exodus 30:7); chance alone would give about 255,830.

Found in the Torah · every skip: 249,021
Chance alone · every skip: 255,830
P (≥ found) · every skip: 1.00
Shortest skip: 2
Longest skip found: 152,187

Every skip the Torah allows for a spelling of 3 letters (2–152,424), both directions, final letters folded, the written text.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 15,952 found · chance alone about 16,506 (probability of 15,952 or more by chance alone: 1.00).

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In the Torah

Across every skip (2–152,424), קרס appears 249,021 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 255,830, so the count is in line with chance.

The shortest skip at which קרס appears in the Torah is 2 — at Exodus 30:7, reading forward.

The longest skip at which קרס was found in the Torah is 152,187 — at Genesis 1:5, reading forward; a spelling of 3 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 152,424.

A three-letter spelling is common across every skip (2–152,424): in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 255,830 of it, so a large count is expected.

By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip

Genesis 71,218
Exodus 50,299
Leviticus 41,355
Numbers 51,819
Deuteronomy 34,330

Examples across the range

5 of the 249,021 sequences, chosen across the range of skips — the shortest, mid-range skips and the longest found — each with its verse and its matrix.

Under each example, every letter of the sequence is listed with the verse it stands in. A letter falls in its verse by position alone — one letter every so many letters of the text — so the verses are where the letters stand, not part of the sequence's meaning.

shortest skipExodus 30:7שמות ל:זskip 2, forward
Letter by letter
1. ק ר סExodus 30:7
  וְהִקְטִיר עָלָיו אַהֲרֹן קְטֹרֶת סַמִּים בַּבֹּקֶר בַּבֹּקֶר בְּהֵיטִיבוֹ אֶת־הַנֵּרֹת יַקְטִירֶֽנָּה
  And Aaron shall burn thereon incense of sweet spices; every morning, when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn it.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.
letter 123,358 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
also at the shortest skipExodus 40:27שמות מ:כזskip 2, forward
Letter by letter
1. ק ר סExodus 40:27
  וַיַּקְטֵר עָלָיו קְטֹרֶת סַמִּים כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוָּה יְהוָה אֶת־מֹשֶֽׁה
  and he burnt thereon incense of sweet spices; as the LORD commanded Moses.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.
letter 141,091 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
a mid-range skipNumbers 22:18במדבר כב:יחskip 100, backward
1. קNumbers 22:18
  … אֶת־פִּי יְהוָה אֱלֹהָי לַעֲשׂוֹת קְטַנָּה אוֹ גְדוֹלָֽה
  And Balaam answered and said unto the servants of Balak: ‘If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of the LORD my God, to do any thing, small or great.
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
1. רNumbers 22:17
  … כַבֵּד אֲכַבֶּדְךָ מְאֹד וְכֹל אֲשֶׁר־תֹּאמַר אֵלַי אֶֽעֱשֶׂה וּלְכָה־נָּא קָֽבָה …
  for I will promote thee unto very great honour, and whatsoever thou sayest unto me I will do; come therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people.’
2. סNumbers 22:15
  וַיֹּסֶף עוֹד בָּלָק שְׁלֹחַ שָׂרִים רַבִּים וְנִכְבָּדִים מֵאֵֽלֶּה
  And Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honourable than they.
skip 100, width 100 — one row is 100 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.
letter 226,260 of the TorahOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
a mid-range skipDeuteronomy 31:14דברים לא:ידskip 1,000, forward
1. קDeuteronomy 31:14
  … מֹשֶׁה הֵן קָרְבוּ יָמֶיךָ לָמוּת קְרָא אֶת־יְהוֹשֻׁעַ וְהִֽתְיַצְּבוּ בְּאֹהֶל מוֹעֵד …
  And the LORD said unto Moses: ‘Behold, thy days approach that thou must die; call Joshua, and present yourselves in the tent of meeting, that I may give him a charge.’ And Moses and Joshua went, and presented themselves in the tent of meeting.
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
1. רDeuteronomy 31:28
  … אֵלַי אֶת־כָּל־זִקְנֵי שִׁבְטֵיכֶם וְשֹׁטְרֵיכֶם וַאֲדַבְּרָה בְאָזְנֵיהֶם אֵת הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה …
  Assemble unto me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these words in their ears, and call heaven and earth to witness against them.
2. סDeuteronomy 32:20
  וַיֹּאמֶר אַסְתִּירָה פָנַי מֵהֶם אֶרְאֶה מָה אַחֲרִיתָם …
  And He said: ‘I will hide My face from them, I will see what their end shall be; For they are a very froward generation, Children in whom is no faithfulness.
skip 1,000, width 1,000 — one row is 1,000 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column.
letter 299,324 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,000 in the laboratory →
the longest skip foundGenesis 1:5בראשית א:הskip 152,187, forward
1. קGenesis 1:5
  וַיִּקְרָא אֱלֹהִים לָאוֹר יוֹם וְלַחֹשֶׁךְ קָרָא לָיְלָה וַֽיְהִי־עֶרֶב וַֽיְהִי־בֹקֶר יוֹם אֶחָֽד
  And God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day.
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
1. רLeviticus 8:28
  וַיִּקַּח מֹשֶׁה אֹתָם מֵעַל כַּפֵּיהֶם וַיַּקְטֵר הַמִּזְבֵּחָה עַל־הָעֹלָה מִלֻּאִים הֵם …
  And Moses took them from off their hands, and made them smoke on the altar upon the burnt-offering; they were a consecration-offering for a sweet savour; it was an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
2. סDeuteronomy 34:7
  וּמֹשֶׁה בֶּן־מֵאָה וְעֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה בְּמֹתוֹ לֹֽא־כָהֲתָה עֵינוֹ וְלֹא־נָס לֵחֹֽה
  And Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.
skip 152,187, width 152,187 — one row is 152,187 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column.
letter 190 of the TorahOpen at skip 152,187 in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

Across every skip (2–598,520), קרס appears 3,549,715 times in the whole Tanakh — 0.5% more than the 3,533,345 chance alone would give; the probability of 3,549,715 or more by chance alone is 1.6 × 10⁻¹⁸.

At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 60,438 found · chance alone about 58,776 (probability of 60,438 or more by chance alone: 4.5 × 10⁻¹²).

By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip

Genesis 289,607
Exodus 209,265
Leviticus 176,023
Numbers 218,792
Deuteronomy 142,818
Joshua 94,921
Judges 103,538
Samuel 232,843
Kings 261,994
Isaiah 249,085
Jeremiah 241,433
Ezekiel 198,401
The Twelve 178,623
Psalms 243,853
Proverbs 109,102
Job 108,829
Song of Songs 13,224
Ruth 17,358
Lamentations 17,894
Ecclesiastes 28,986
Esther 22,661
Daniel 83,262
Ezra–Nehemiah 86,042
Chronicles 221,161

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Outside the Torah

shortest skip outside the TorahPsalms 88:12תהלים פח:יבskip 2, forward
Letter by letter
1. ק ר סPsalms 88:12
  הַיְסֻפַּר בַּקֶּבֶר חַסְדֶּךָ אֱמֽוּנָתְךָ בָּאֲבַדּֽוֹן
  Shall Thy mercy be declared in the grave? Or Thy faithfulness in destruction?
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.
letter 905,338 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
a mid-range skipJudges 4:14שופטים ד:ידskip 100, forward
1. קJudges 4:14
  וַתֹּאמֶר דְּבֹרָה אֶל־בָּרָק קוּם כִּי זֶה הַיּוֹם אֲשֶׁר נָתַן …
  And Deborah said unto Barak: ‘Up; for this is the day in which the LORD hath delivered Sisera into thy hand; is not the LORD gone out before thee?’ So Barak went down from mount Tabor, and ten thousand men after him.
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
1. רJudges 4:15
  … יְהוָה אֶת־סִֽיסְרָא וְאֶת־כָּל־הָרֶכֶב וְאֶת־כָּל־הַֽמַּחֲנֶה לְפִי־חֶרֶב …
  And the LORD discomfited Sisera, and all his chariots, and all his host, with the edge of the sword before Barak; and Sisera alighted from his chariot, and fled away on his feet.
2. סJudges 4:16
  … חֲרֹשֶׁת הַגּוֹיִם וַיִּפֹּל כָּל־מַחֲנֵה סִֽיסְרָא לְפִי־חֶרֶב לֹא נִשְׁאַר עַד …
  But Barak pursued after the chariots, and after the host, unto Harosheth-goiim; and all the host of Sisera fell by the edge of the sword; there was not a man left.
skip 100, width 100 — one row is 100 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column.
letter 350,897 of the TanakhOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
longest skip outside the Torah2 Chronicles 36:5דברי הימים ב לו:הskip 596,516, backward
1. ק2 Chronicles 36:5
  בֶּן־עֶשְׂרִים וְחָמֵשׁ שָׁנָה יְהוֹיָקִים בְּמָלְכוֹ וְאַחַת עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה מָלַךְ …
  Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem; and he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD his God.
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
1. רIsaiah 26:7
  אֹרַח לַצַּדִּיק מֵֽישָׁרִים יָשָׁר מַעְגַּל צַדִּיק תְּפַלֵּֽס
  The way of the just is straight; Thou, Most Upright, makest plain the path of the just.
2. סGenesis 2:21
  וַיַּפֵּל יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים תַּרְדֵּמָה עַל־הָאָדָם וַיִּישָׁן וַיִּקַּח אַחַת מִצַּלְעֹתָיו וַיִּסְגֹּר בָּשָׂר תַּחְתֶּֽנָּה
  And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; and He took one of his ribs, and closed up the place with flesh instead thereof.
skip 596,516, width 596,516 — one row is 596,516 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.
letter 1,195,748 of the TanakhOpen at skip 596,516 in the laboratory →

The spelling

קרס — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as קרס, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 360.

As a plain word it stands 2 times in the Tanakh, first at Isaiah 46:1. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

Keros in the Tanakh

Questions

Does Keros appear in the Torah codes?

Across every skip (2–152,424), קרס appears 249,021 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 255,830, so the count is in line with chance.

What is the shortest skip for Keros in the Torah?

Skip 2, reading forward from Exodus 30:7 — the shortest of 249,021 sequences across every skip (2–152,424), where chance alone would give about 255,830.

What is the gematria of Keros in Hebrew?

Keros is spelled קרס — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 360.

How many times is Keros found in the whole Tanakh?

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