Biblical names

Kishion קשיון

Kishion (קשיון) is the name of a place in the Tanakh. Kishion appears 1,113 times as a letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, in line with the 1,116 chance alone would give.

Found in the Torah
1,113
Chance alone
1,116
P (≥ found)
0.54
Shortest skip
12

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, קשיון appears 1,113 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 1,116, so the count is in line with chance.

Its smallest skip in the Torah is 12 — the first at Leviticus 25:45, reading forward.

Counting every skip from 2 to 76,212, the Torah holds 8,483 sequences of קשיון, against about 8,793 from chance alone.

  • Genesis 351
  • Exodus 225
  • Leviticus 166
  • Numbers 250
  • Deuteronomy 121

The shortest skips

  1. Leviticus 25:45ויקרא כה:מהskip 12, forward

    וְגַם מִבְּנֵי הַתּוֹשָׁבִים הַגָּרִים עִמָּכֶם מֵהֶם תִּקְנוּ וּמִמִּשְׁפַּחְתָּם אֲשֶׁר עִמָּכֶם אֲשֶׁר הוֹלִידוּ בְּאַרְצְכֶם וְהָיוּ לָכֶם לַֽאֲחֻזָּֽה

    Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them may ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they have begotten in your land; and they may be your possession.

    קשיון at skip 12, forward from Leviticus 25:45מהםתקנועבדואמהוגםמבניהתושביםהגריםעמכםמהםתנווממשפחתםארעמכםאשרהולדובארצכםוהילכםלאחזהוהתחלתםאתםלבניכםאחריכםלרשתאחזהלעלםבהםתעבדוובאקשיונ
    skip 12, width 12 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 181,746Open in the laboratory →

  2. Genesis 24:22בראשית כד:כבskip 16, forward

    וַיְהִי כַּאֲשֶׁר כִּלּוּ הַגְּמַלִּים לִשְׁתּוֹת וַיִּקַּח הָאִישׁ נֶזֶם זָהָב בֶּקַע מִשְׁקָלוֹ וּשְׁנֵי צְמִידִים עַל־יָדֶיהָ עֲשָׂרָה זָהָב מִשְׁקָלָֽם

    And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden ring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold;

    קשיון at skip 16, forward from Genesis 24:22אהלהמחרישלדעתההצליחיקוקדרכואםלאויהיכאשרכלוהגמליםלשתותויחהאישנזםזהבבקעמקלוושניצמידיםעלדיהעשרהזהבמשקלםיאמרבתמיאתהגידיאליהישביתאביךמקוםלנולליןותאמראליובתבתואלאנכיבןמלכהאשרילדקשיונ
    skip 16, width 16 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 30,506Open in the laboratory →

  3. Exodus 19:13שמות יט:יגskip 26, forward

    לֹא־תִגַּע בּוֹ יָד כִּֽי־סָקוֹל יִסָּקֵל אוֹ־יָרֹה יִיָּרֶה אִם־בְּהֵמָה אִם־אִישׁ לֹא יִחְיֶה בִּמְשֹׁךְ הַיֹּבֵל הֵמָּה יַעֲלוּ בָהָֽר

    no hand shall touch him, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether it be beast or man, it shall not live; when the ram’s horn soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount.’

    קשיון at skip 26, forward from Exodus 19:13עיניכלהעםעלהרסיניוהגבעםסביבלאמרהשמרולכםעלונגעבקצהוכלהנגעבהרמותיתגעבוידכיסוליסקלאויראםבהמהאםאילאיחיהבמשךמהיעלובהרורדמשהמןההרויקדשאתהעםיכבסושמלתםאלהעםהיונכיםלשלשתימישואלאשהויהיביוםהשלישיבקרויהיקלתוברקיםוענןכהרוקלשפרחזקמאדויחרדכלקשיונ
    skip 26, width 26 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown.

    letter 106,330Open in the laboratory →

  4. Genesis 46:18בראשית מו:יחskip 27, backward

    אֵלֶּה בְּנֵי זִלְפָּה אֲשֶׁר־נָתַן לָבָן לְלֵאָה בִתּוֹ וַתֵּלֶד אֶת־אֵלֶּה לְיַעֲקֹב שֵׁשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה נָֽפֶשׁ

    These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and these she bore unto Jacob, even sixteen souls.

    קשיון at skip 27, backward from Genesis 46:18יחלאלאלהבנילאהאשרילדהפדןארםואתדינהבתוכלנפשנותיושלשיםושלשובניגדצגישוניואצבעריוארודיובניאשרימנהישוהוישויושרחאחתםובנבריעהחברומלהבניזלפהארנתןלבןללאלדאתאלהליעבששעשרהנפשאשתיעקביוסףובנימןויולבארץמצריםאשרילדהלואסניפרעכהןאןאתמנשהואתאפרקשיון
    skip 27, width 27 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown.

    letter 71,111Open in the laboratory →

  5. Numbers 18:15במדבר יח:טוskip 28, backward

    כָּל־פֶּטֶר רֶחֶם לְֽכָל־בָּשָׂר אֲשֶׁר־יַקְרִיבוּ לַֽיהוָה בָּאָדָם וּבַבְּהֵמָה יִֽהְיֶה־לָּךְ אַךְ פָּדֹה תִפְדֶּה אֵת בְּכוֹר הָֽאָדָם וְאֵת בְּכֽוֹר־הַבְּהֵמָה הַטְּמֵאָה תִּפְדֶּֽה

    Every thing that openeth the womb, of all flesh which they offer unto the LORD, both of man and beast, shall be thine; howbeit the first-born of man shalt thou surely redeem, and the firstling of unclean beasts shalt thou redeem.

    קשיון at skip 28, backward from Numbers 18:15ומתמתנםלכלתנופתבניישריםולבניךולבנתיךאתךלחקהורבביתךיאכלאתוכלחלבילבתירושודגראשיתםאשריקלךנתתיםבכריכלאשרבאריאוליקוקלךהיהכלטהורבלנוכלחרםביראללךיהיהכלכלבשראשריריבוליקוקבמהיהיהלךאךפדהתפדהאתבכאתבכורהבהמההטמאהתפדהוןחדשתפדהבערכךכסףחמשתשקשיון
    skip 28, width 28 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown.

    letter 219,522Open in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

At skips 2–5,000, קשיון appears 4,412 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 4,503, so the count is in line with chance.

  • Genesis 351
  • Exodus 225
  • Leviticus 166
  • Numbers 250
  • Deuteronomy 139
  • Joshua 100
  • Judges 140
  • Samuel 304
  • Kings 323
  • Isaiah 331
  • Jeremiah 250
  • Ezekiel 267
  • The Twelve 209
  • Psalms 330
  • Proverbs 145
  • Job 176
  • Song of Songs 19
  • Ruth 20
  • Lamentations 19
  • Ecclesiastes 32
  • Esther 36
  • Daniel 101
  • Ezra–Nehemiah 165
  • Chronicles 314

Outside the Torah

  1. Isaiah 60:9ישעיהו ס:טskip 5, forward

    כִּֽי־לִי אִיִּים יְקַוּוּ וָאֳנִיּוֹת תַּרְשִׁישׁ בָּרִאשֹׁנָה לְהָבִיא בָנַיִךְ מֵֽרָחוֹק כַּסְפָּם וּזְהָבָם אִתָּם לְשֵׁם יְהוָה אֱלֹהַיִךְ וְלִקְדוֹשׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל כִּי פֵאֲרָֽךְ

    Surely the isles shall wait for Me, And the ships of Tarshish first, To bring thy sons from far, Their silver and their gold with them, For the name of the LORD thy God, And for the Holy One of Israel, because He hath glorified thee.

    קשיון at skip 5, forward from Isaiah 60:9אתםלשםיקוקאלהיךולדושיראלכפארךבנובינכרחמתיךומלכיהםיקשיונ
    skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 635,919Open in the laboratory →

  2. Psalms 119:31תהלים קיט:לאskip 7, backward

    דָּבַקְתִּי בְעֵֽדְוֺתֶיךָ יְהוָה אַל־תְּבִישֵֽׁנִי

    I cleave unto Thy testimonies; O LORD, put me not to shame.

    קשיון at skip 7, backward from Psalms 119:31ברךדרךשקרהסרממניותורתךחנידרךאמנהבחרתמשפטיךויתידבתיבעדותיךיקוקאלתבישנידרךקשיונ
    skip 7, width 7 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 923,321Open in the laboratory →

  3. Proverbs 31:23משלי לא:כגskip 7, backward

    נוֹדָע בַּשְּׁעָרִים בַּעְלָהּ בְּשִׁבְתּוֹ עִם־זִקְנֵי־אָֽרֶץ

    Her husband is known in the gates, When he sitteth among the elders of the land.

    קשיון at skip 7, backward from Proverbs 31:23ששניםמרבדיםעשתהלהששוארגמלבושהנדעבשערםבעלהבבתועםזניארץסדיןעשתהותמכרוחגורנקשיון
    skip 7, width 7 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 963,745Open in the laboratory →

The spelling

קשיון — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as קשיון, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 466.

As a plain word it stands 1 time in the Tanakh, first at Joshua 21:28. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

Questions

Does Kishion appear in the Torah codes?

At skips 2–5,000, קשיון appears 1,113 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 1,116, so the count is in line with chance.

What is the shortest skip for Kishion in the Torah?

Skip 12, reading forward from Leviticus 25:45 — the shortest of 1,113 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 1,116.

How is Kishion spelled in Hebrew?

Kishion is spelled קשיון — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 466.

Is Kishion in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?

At skips 2–5,000, קשיון appears 4,412 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 4,503, so the count is in line with chance.

Search it yourself

The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 1,116 here) beside the count.

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