Biblical names

Kidron קדרון

Kidron (קדרון) is the name of a place in the Tanakh. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 303 sequences of Kidron, the shortest at skip 9 (Genesis 31:48); chance alone would give about 289.

Found in the Torah
303
Chance alone
289
P (≥ found)
0.21
Shortest skip
9

Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.

In the Torah

The Torah holds 303 sequences of קדרון at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 289).

Its smallest skip in the Torah is 9 — the first at Genesis 31:48, reading forward.

Counting every skip from 2 to 76,212, the Torah holds 2,289 sequences of קדרון, against about 2,277 from chance alone.

  • Genesis 101
  • Exodus 54
  • Leviticus 33
  • Numbers 82
  • Deuteronomy 33

The shortest skips

  1. Genesis 31:48בראשית לא:מחskip 9, forward

    וַיֹּאמֶר לָבָן הַגַּל הַזֶּה עֵד בֵּינִי וּבֵינְךָ הַיּוֹם עַל־כֵּן קָרָֽא־שְׁמוֹ גַּלְעֵֽד

    And Laban said: ‘This heap is witness between me and thee this day.’ Therefore was the name of it called Galeed;

    קדרון at skip 9, forward from Genesis 31:48אמרלבןהגלהזהעדביניובינךהיוםעלכןראשמוגלעוהמצפהאשאמריצףיקקביניוביךכינסתראישמרעהואםתענהאתבנתיואםתקדרונ
    skip 9, width 9 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 46,116Open in the laboratory →

  2. Genesis 41:21בראשית מא:כאskip 9, backward

    וַתָּבֹאנָה אֶל־קִרְבֶּנָה וְלֹא נוֹדַע כִּי־בָאוּ אֶל־קִרְבֶּנָה וּמַרְאֵיהֶן רַע כַּאֲשֶׁר בַּתְּחִלָּה וָאִיקָֽץ

    And when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them; but they were still ill-favoured as at the beginning. So I awoke.

    קדרון at skip 9, backward from Genesis 41:21ההפרותהרקותוהרעותאתשבעהפרותהראשותהבריאתתבאנהאלקבנהולאנועכיבאואלרבנהומראיהןרעכאשרבתחלהואיקץואראקדרונ
    skip 9, width 9 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 61,105Open in the laboratory →

  3. Genesis 39:17בראשית לט:יזskip 19, backward

    וַתְּדַבֵּר אֵלָיו כַּדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה לֵאמֹר בָּֽא־אֵלַי הָעֶבֶד הָֽעִבְרִי אֲשֶׁר־הֵבֵאתָ לָּנוּ לְצַחֶק בִּֽי

    And she spoke unto him according to these words, saying: ‘The Hebrew servant, whom thou hast brought unto us, came in unto me to mock me.

    קדרון at skip 19, backward from Genesis 39:17אקראבקולגדולויהיכשמעוכיהרימתיקוליואקראויעזבבגדואצליוינסויצאהחוצהותחבגדואצלהעדבואאדניאלביתוותדבראליוכדביםהאלהלאמרבאאליהעבהעבריאשרהבאתלנולצחביויהיכהרימיקוליואקראויעזבבגדואצליוינסהחוצהויהיכשמעאדניואתדבריאשתוקדרונ
    skip 19, width 19 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 58,489Open in the laboratory →

  4. Numbers 5:10במדבר ה:יskip 32, forward

    וְאִישׁ אֶת־קֳדָשָׁיו לוֹ יִהְיוּ אִישׁ אֲשֶׁר־יִתֵּן לַכֹּהֵן לוֹ יִהְיֶֽה

    And every man’s hallowed things shall be his: whatsoever any man giveth the priest, it shall be his.

    קדרון at skip 32, forward from Numbers 5:10ללהשיבהאשםאליוהאשםהמומלבדאילהכפריםאשריכפרבמהלכלקדשיבניישראלאשרייהיהואישאתדשיולויהיוהןלויהיהויבריקוקאלמשניישראלואמתאלהםאישאיומעלהבומעלשכבאישאתהשמעיניאישהוסתרהוהיאנטוהואלאנתפשהועברעליורואשתווהואנטמאהאועברעליאאתאשתווהיאלאנטמאהוהבקדרונ
    skip 32, width 32 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown.

    letter 195,708Open in the laboratory →

  5. Genesis 19:1בראשית יט:אskip 49, forward

    וַיָּבֹאוּ שְׁנֵי הַמַּלְאָכִים סְדֹמָה בָּעֶרֶב וְלוֹט יֹשֵׁב בְּשַֽׁעַר־סְדֹם וַיַּרְא־לוֹט וַיָּקָם לִקְרָאתָם וַיִּשְׁתַּחוּ אַפַּיִם אָֽרְצָה

    And the two angels came to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom; and Lot saw them, and rose up to meet them; and he fell down on his face to the earth;

    קדרון at skip 49, forward from Genesis 19:1עשריםויאמראלנאיחרלאדנהויאמרלאאשחיתבעבורהעשואברהםשבלמקמוויבאושניםויראלוטויםלקראתםוישונאאלביתעבכםולינוורחיאמרולאכיבחובנליןויפיעשלהםמשתהמצותאפהויאסבועלהביתמערועדזקןכלההאנשיםאשרבאואליךהליללוטהפתחהוהדלתסגראחריוותאשרלאידעואישאוציאהנקדרונ
    skip 49, width 49 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown.

    letter 22,228Open in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

The whole Tanakh holds 1,240 sequences of קדרון at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 1,237).

  • Genesis 101
  • Exodus 54
  • Leviticus 33
  • Numbers 82
  • Deuteronomy 42
  • Joshua 40
  • Judges 32
  • Samuel 109
  • Kings 58
  • Isaiah 93
  • Jeremiah 70
  • Ezekiel 86
  • The Twelve 64
  • Psalms 107
  • Proverbs 36
  • Job 44
  • Song of Songs 5
  • Ruth 6
  • Lamentations 3
  • Ecclesiastes 8
  • Esther 10
  • Daniel 45
  • Ezra–Nehemiah 38
  • Chronicles 74

Outside the Torah

  1. Ezekiel 27:18יחזקאל כז:יחskip 3, backward

    דַּמֶּשֶׂק סֹחַרְתֵּךְ בְּרֹב מַעֲשַׂיִךְ מֵרֹב כָּל־הוֹן בְּיֵין חֶלְבּוֹן וְצֶמֶר צָֽחַר

    Damascus was thy merchant for the multitude of thy wealth, by reason of the multitude of all riches, with the wine of Helbon, and white wool.

    קדרון at skip 3, backward from Ezekiel 27:18בשושמןוצריתנמעבךמשסחרתךברבמעקדרונ
    skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 765,994Open in the laboratory →

  2. 1 Chronicles 13:2דברי הימים א יג:בskip 4, backward

    וַיֹּאמֶר דָּוִיד לְכֹל קְהַל יִשְׂרָאֵל אִם־עֲלֵיכֶם טוֹב וּמִן־יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ נִפְרְצָה נִשְׁלְחָה עַל־אַחֵינוּ הַנִּשְׁאָרִים בְּכֹל אַרְצוֹת יִשְׂרָאֵל וְעִמָּהֶם הַכֹּהֲנִים וְהַלְוִיִּם בְּעָרֵי מִגְרְשֵׁיהֶם וְיִקָּבְצוּ אֵלֵֽינוּ

    And David said unto all the assembly of Israel: ‘If it seem good unto you, and if it be of the LORD our God, let us send abroad everywhere unto our brethren that are left in all the land of Israel, and with them to the priests and Levites that are in their cities that have open land about them, that they may gather themselves unto us;

    קדרון at skip 4, backward from 1 Chronicles 13:2לפיםוהמאותלכלגידיאמדוילכלהלישראלאםעליכםקדרונ
    skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 1,118,770Open in the laboratory →

  3. 1 Chronicles 4:40דברי הימים א ד:מskip 5, backward

    וַֽיִּמְצְאוּ מִרְעֶה שָׁמֵן וָטוֹב וְהָאָרֶץ רַחֲבַת יָדַיִם וְשֹׁקֶטֶת וּשְׁלֵוָה כִּי מִן־חָם הַיֹּשְׁבִים שָׁם לְפָנִֽים

    And they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for they that dwelt there aforetime were of Ham.

    קדרון at skip 5, backward from 1 Chronicles 4:40לצאנםוימצאומרעהשמוטובהארץחבתייםושטתושלוהכימןחםהישבקדרון
    skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 1,103,895Open in the laboratory →

The spelling

קדרון — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as קדרון, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 360.

As a plain word it stands 11 times in the Tanakh, first at 2 Samuel 15:23. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

Questions

Is Kidron in the Torah codes?

The Torah holds 303 sequences of קדרון at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 289).

What is the shortest skip for Kidron in the Torah?

Skip 9, reading forward from Genesis 31:48 — the shortest of 303 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 289.

How is Kidron spelled in Hebrew?

Kidron is spelled קדרון — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 360.

Is Kidron in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?

The whole Tanakh holds 1,240 sequences of קדרון at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 1,237).

Search it yourself

The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 289 here) beside the count.

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