Kish קיש
Kish (קיש) is a person named in the Tanakh. Kish appears 3,635,708 times as a letter sequence in the Torah across every skip (2–152,424), in line with the 3,789,467 chance alone would give.
- Found in the Torah · every skip
- 3,635,708
- Chance alone · every skip
- 3,789,467
- P (≥ found) · every skip
- 1.00
- Shortest skip
- 2
- Longest skip found
- 152,327
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: 243,216 found · chance alone about 244,489 (probability of 243,216 or more by chance alone: 1.00).
In the Torah
Across every skip (2–152,424), קיש appears 3,635,708 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 3,789,467, so the count is in line with chance.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — at Exodus 3:16, reading forward.
The longest skip at which קיש was found in the Torah is 152,327 — at Deuteronomy 34:10, reading backward; 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 3,789,467 of it, so a large count is expected.
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 1,060,136
- Exodus 730,562
- Leviticus 605,926
- Numbers 747,853
- Deuteronomy 491,231
Examples across the range
5 of the 3,635,708 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.
Letter by letter
- ק י שExodus 3:16
לֵךְ וְאָֽסַפְתָּ אֶת־זִקְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְאָמַרְתָּ אֲלֵהֶם יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי אֲבֹֽתֵיכֶם …
Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say unto them: The LORD, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, hath appeared unto me, saying: I have surely remembered you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 81,355 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ק י שExodus 3:16
Letter by letter
- ק י שExodus 3:18
וְשָׁמְעוּ לְקֹלֶךָ וּבָאתָ אַתָּה וְזִקְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶל־מֶלֶךְ מִצְרַיִם וַאֲמַרְתֶּם אֵלָיו …
And they shall hearken to thy voice. And thou shalt come, thou and the elders of Israel, unto the king of Egypt, and ye shall say unto him: The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, hath met with us. And now let us go, we pray thee, three days’journey into the wilderness…
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 81,538 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ק י שExodus 3:18
- קGenesis 3:16
… בְּעֶצֶב תֵּֽלְדִי בָנִים וְאֶל־אִישֵׁךְ תְּשׁוּקָתֵךְ וְהוּא יִמְשָׁל־בָּֽךְ
Unto the woman He said: ‘I will greatly multiply thy pain and thy travail; in pain thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.’
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- יGenesis 3:17
… הָֽאֲדָמָה בַּֽעֲבוּרֶךָ בְּעִצָּבוֹן תֹּֽאכֲלֶנָּה כֹּל יְמֵי חַיֶּֽיךָ
And unto Adam He said: ‘Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying: Thou shalt not eat of it; cursed is the ground for thy sake; in toil shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life.
- שGenesis 3:20
וַיִּקְרָא הָֽאָדָם שֵׁם אִשְׁתּוֹ חַוָּה כִּי הִוא הָֽיְתָה אֵם כָּל־חָֽי
And the man called his wife’s name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.
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 3,765 of the TorahOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- קGenesis 3:16
- קLeviticus 14:13
וְשָׁחַט אֶת־הַכֶּבֶשׂ בִּמְקוֹם אֲשֶׁר יִשְׁחַט אֶת־הַֽחַטָּאת וְאֶת …
And he shall kill the he-lamb in the place where they kill the sin-offering and the burnt-offering, in the place of the sanctuary; for as the sin-offering is the priest’s, so is the guilt-offering; it is most holy.
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- יLeviticus 14:29
… עַל־רֹאשׁ הַמִּטַּהֵר לְכַפֵּר עָלָיו לִפְנֵי יְהוָֽה
And the rest of the oil that is in the priest’s hand he shall put upon the head of him that is to be cleansed, to make atonement for him before the LORD.
- שLeviticus 14:49
וְלָקַח לְחַטֵּא אֶת־הַבַּיִת שְׁתֵּי צִפֳּרִים וְעֵץ אֶרֶז וּשְׁנִי תוֹלַעַת וְאֵזֹֽב
And he shall take to cleanse the house two birds, and cedar-wood, and scarlet, and hyssop.
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 161,964 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,000 in the laboratory →
- קLeviticus 14:13
- קDeuteronomy 34:10
וְלֹֽא־קָם נָבִיא עוֹד בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל כְּמֹשֶׁה אֲשֶׁר יְדָעוֹ יְהוָה פָּנִים אֶל־פָּנִֽים
And there hath not arisen a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face;
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- יLeviticus 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.
- שGenesis 1:2
וְהָאָרֶץ הָיְתָה תֹהוּ וָבֹהוּ וְחֹשֶׁךְ עַל־פְּנֵי תְהוֹם וְרוּחַ אֱלֹהִים מְרַחֶפֶת עַל־פְּנֵי הַמָּֽיִם
Now the earth was unformed and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God hovered over the face of the waters.
skip 152,327, width 152,327 — one row is 152,327 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 304,701 of the TorahOpen at skip 152,327 in the laboratory →
- קDeuteronomy 34:10
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 54,821,000 sequences of קיש across every skip (2–598,520), 0.5% above what chance alone gives (about 54,555,742); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 2.8 × 10⁻²⁸² by chance alone.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 897,221 found · chance alone about 907,523 (probability of 897,221 or more by chance alone: 1.00).
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Genesis 4,164,633
- Exodus 3,013,585
- Leviticus 2,568,188
- Numbers 3,220,920
- Deuteronomy 2,104,042
- Joshua 1,415,849
- Judges 1,547,342
- Samuel 3,491,118
- Kings 4,020,698
- Isaiah 3,956,520
- Jeremiah 3,893,908
- Ezekiel 3,202,639
- The Twelve 2,870,503
- Psalms 3,895,820
- Proverbs 1,742,972
- Job 1,735,515
- Song of Songs 216,135
- Ruth 281,769
- Lamentations 284,933
- Ecclesiastes 461,884
- Esther 363,719
- Daniel 1,337,399
- Ezra–Nehemiah 1,399,191
- Chronicles 3,631,718
Outside the Torah
Letter by letter
- ק י שJoshua 7:6
… אֲרוֹן יְהוָה עַד־הָעֶרֶב הוּא וְזִקְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיַּעֲלוּ עָפָר עַל־רֹאשָֽׁם …
And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of the LORD until the evening, he and the elders of Israel; and they put dust upon their heads.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 313,791 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
- ק י שJoshua 7:6
- קJudges 3:9
וַיִּזְעֲקוּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶל־יְהוָה וַיָּקֶם …
And when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised up a saviour to the children of Israel, who saved them, even Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother.
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- יJudges 3:10
… רֽוּחַ־יְהוָה וַיִּשְׁפֹּט אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיֵּצֵא לַמִּלְחָמָה וַיִּתֵּן יְהוָה בְּיָדוֹ אֶת …
And the spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he judged Israel; and he went out to war, and the LORD delivered Cushan-rishathaim king of Aram into his hand; and his hand prevailed against Cushan-rishathaim.
- שJudges 3:12
וַיֹּסִפוּ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לַעֲשׂוֹת הָרַע בְּעֵינֵי יְהוָה וַיְחַזֵּק …
And the children of Israel again did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done that which was evil in the sight of the LORD.
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 348,671 of the TanakhOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
- קJudges 3:9
- ק2 Chronicles 36:22
… רוּחַ כּוֹרֶשׁ מֶֽלֶךְ־פָּרַס וַיַּֽעֲבֶר־קוֹל בְּכָל־מַלְכוּתוֹ וְגַם־בְּמִכְתָּב לֵאמֹֽר …
Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying:
Letter by letter: the other 2 letters
- יIsaiah 25:3
עַל־כֵּן יְכַבְּדוּךָ עַם־עָז קִרְיַת גּוֹיִם עָרִיצִים יִירָאֽוּךָ
Therefore shall the strong people glorify Thee, The city of the terrible nations shall fear Thee.
- שGenesis 1:2
וְהָאָרֶץ הָיְתָה תֹהוּ וָבֹהוּ וְחֹשֶׁךְ עַל־פְּנֵי תְהוֹם וְרוּחַ אֱלֹהִים מְרַחֶפֶת עַל־פְּנֵי הַמָּֽיִם
Now the earth was unformed and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God hovered over the face of the waters.
skip 598,432, width 598,432 — one row is 598,432 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 1,196,911 of the TanakhOpen at skip 598,432 in the laboratory →
- ק2 Chronicles 36:22
The spelling
קיש — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as קיש, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 410.
As a plain word it stands 13 times in the Tanakh, first at 1 Samuel 9:1. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Kish in the Torah codes?
Across every skip (2–152,424), קיש appears 3,635,708 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 3,789,467, so the count is in line with chance.
What is the shortest skip for Kish in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Exodus 3:16 — the shortest of 3,635,708 sequences across every skip (2–152,424), where chance alone would give about 3,789,467.
How is Kish spelled in Hebrew?
Kish is spelled קיש — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 410.
Is Kish in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 54,821,000 sequences of קיש across every skip (2–598,520), 0.5% above what chance alone gives (about 54,555,742); at counts this large even that difference has a probability of 2.8 × 10⁻²⁸² by chance alone.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 3,789,467 across every skip (2–152,424) here) beside the count.