Pythagoras פיתגורס
Pythagoras (פיתגורס): Greek philosopher and mathematician (c. 570 – c. 495 BC). Pythagoras appears twice as a letter sequence in the Torah across every skip (2–50,808), against about 0.37 expected from chance alone.
- Found in the Torah · every skip
- 2
- Chance alone · every skip
- 0.37
- P (≥ found) · every skip
- 0.05
- Shortest skip
- 4,584
- Longest skip found
- 10,690
Every skip the Torah allows for a spelling of 7 letters (2–50,808), both directions, final letters folded, the written text.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 1 found · chance alone about 0.069 (probability of 1 or more by chance alone: 0.07).
In the Torah
The Torah holds 2 sequences of פיתגורס across every skip (2–50,808), where chance alone would give about 0.37; the probability of 2 or more by chance alone is 0.05.
The shortest skip at which פיתגורס appears in the Torah is 4,584 — at Exodus 36:38, reading backward.
The longest skip at which פיתגורס was found in the Torah is 10,690 — at Leviticus 16:11, reading forward; a spelling of 7 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 50,808.
A count this small is read beside its chance figure, not instead of it: with about 0.37 expected, a single sequence is unusual but not impossible by chance alone.
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Exodus 1
- Leviticus 1
Examples across the range
2 of the 2 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
- פExodus 36:38
וְאֶת־עַמּוּדָיו חֲמִשָּׁה וְאֶת־וָוֵיהֶם וְצִפָּה רָאשֵׁיהֶם וַחֲשֻׁקֵיהֶם זָהָב וְאַדְנֵיהֶם חֲמִשָּׁה נְחֹֽשֶׁת
and the five pillars of it with their hooks; and he overlaid their capitals and their fillets with gold; and their five sockets were of brass.
- יExodus 34:20
… לֹא תִפְדֶּה וַעֲרַפְתּוֹ כֹּל בְּכוֹר בָּנֶיךָ תִּפְדֶּה וְלֹֽא־יֵרָאוּ פָנַי רֵיקָֽם …
And the firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb; and if thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break its neck. All the first-born of thy sons thou shalt redeem. And none shall appear before Me empty.
- תExodus 31:16
וְשָׁמְרוּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶת־הַשַּׁבָּת לַעֲשׂוֹת אֶת־הַשַּׁבָּת לְדֹרֹתָם בְּרִית עוֹלָֽם
Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.
- גExodus 29:9
… אַבְנֵט אַהֲרֹן וּבָנָיו וְחָבַשְׁתָּ לָהֶם מִגְבָּעֹת וְהָיְתָה לָהֶם כְּהֻנָּה לְחֻקַּת עוֹלָם …
And thou shalt gird them with girdles, Aaron and his sons, and bind head-tires on them; and they shall have the priesthood by a perpetual statute; and thou shalt consecrate Aaron and his sons.
- וExodus 26:23
וּשְׁנֵי קְרָשִׁים תַּעֲשֶׂה לִמְקֻצְעֹת הַמִּשְׁכָּן בַּיַּרְכָתָֽיִם
And two boards shalt thou make for the corners of the tabernacle in the hinder part.
- רExodus 23:20
הִנֵּה אָנֹכִי שֹׁלֵחַ מַלְאָךְ לְפָנֶיךָ לִשְׁמָרְךָ בַּדָּרֶךְ וְלַהֲבִיאֲךָ אֶל־הַמָּקוֹם אֲשֶׁר הֲכִנֹֽתִי
Behold, I send an angel before thee, to keep thee by the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.
- סExodus 20:6
וְעֹשֶׂה חֶסֶד לַאֲלָפִים לְאֹהֲבַי וּלְשֹׁמְרֵי מִצְוֺתָֽי
and showing mercy unto the thousandth generation of them that love Me and keep My commandments.
skip 4,584, width 4,584 — one row is 4,584 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column. letter 134,724 of the TorahOpen at skip 4,584 in the laboratory →
- פExodus 36:38
- פLeviticus 16:11
… אֶת־פַּר הַֽחַטָּאת אֲשֶׁר־לוֹ וְכִפֶּר בַּֽעֲדוֹ וּבְעַד בֵּיתוֹ וְשָׁחַט אֶת …
And Aaron shall present the bullock of the sin-offering, which is for himself, and shall make atonement for himself, and for his house, and shall kill the bullock of the sin-offering which is for himself.
Letter by letter: the other 6 letters
- יLeviticus 23:20
… עַל־שְׁנֵי כְּבָשִׂים קֹדֶשׁ יִהְיוּ לַיהוָה לַכֹּהֵֽן
And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the first-fruits for a wave-offering before the LORD, with the two lambs; they shall be holy to the LORD for the priest.
- תNumbers 1:36
… תּוֹלְדֹתָם לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם לְבֵית אֲבֹתָם בְּמִסְפַּר שֵׁמֹת מִבֶּן עֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה וָמַעְלָה כֹּל …
Of the children of Benjamin, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
- גNumbers 7:6
וַיִּקַּח מֹשֶׁה אֶת־הָעֲגָלֹת וְאֶת־הַבָּקָר וַיִּתֵּן אוֹתָם אֶל־הַלְוִיִּֽם
And Moses took the wagons and the oxen, and gave them unto the Levites.
- וNumbers 12:12
אַל־נָא תְהִי כַּמֵּת אֲשֶׁר בְּצֵאתוֹ מֵרֶחֶם אִמּוֹ וַיֵּאָכֵל חֲצִי בְשָׂרֽוֹ
Let her not, I pray, be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed when he cometh out of his mother’s womb.’
- רNumbers 18:22
וְלֹא־יִקְרְבוּ עוֹד בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶל־אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד לָשֵׂאת חֵטְא לָמֽוּת
And henceforth the children of Israel shall not come nigh the tent of meeting, lest they bear sin, and die.
- סNumbers 25:11
פִּֽינְחָס בֶּן־אֶלְעָזָר בֶּן־אַהֲרֹן הַכֹּהֵן …
’Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned My wrath away from the children of Israel, in that he was very jealous for My sake among them, so that I consumed not the children of Israel in My jealousy.
skip 10,690, width 10,690 — one row is 10,690 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 166,540 of the TorahOpen at skip 10,690 in the laboratory →
- פLeviticus 16:11
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 6 sequences of פיתגורס across every skip (2–199,506) — about what chance alone gives (about 7.3).
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 1 found · chance alone about 0.36 (probability of 1 or more by chance alone: 0.30).
By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip
- Exodus 1
- Leviticus 1
- Joshua 1
- Judges 1
- Samuel 1
- Ezekiel 1
Outside the Torah
- פEzekiel 6:5
וְנָתַתִּי אֶת־פִּגְרֵי בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לִפְנֵי גִּלּֽוּלֵיהֶם וְזֵרִיתִי אֶת־עַצְמוֹתֵיכֶם סְבִיבוֹת מִזְבְּחוֹתֵיכֶֽם
And I will lay the carcasses of the children of Israel before their idols; and I will scatter your bones round about your altars.
Letter by letter: the other 6 letters
- יEzekiel 28:22
… בְּתוֹכֵךְ וְֽיָדְעוּ כִּֽי־אֲנִי יְהוָה בַּעֲשׂוֹתִי בָהּ שְׁפָטִים וְנִקְדַּשְׁתִּי בָֽהּ
and say: Thus saith the Lord GOD: Behold, I am against thee, O Zidon, And I will be glorified in the midst of thee; And they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall have executed judgments in her, and shall be sanctified in her.
- תHosea 1:8
וַתִּגְמֹל אֶת־לֹא רֻחָמָה וַתַּהַר וַתֵּלֶד בֵּֽן
Now when she had weaned Lo-ruhamah, she conceived, and bore a son.
- גHabakkuk 3:5
לְפָנָיו יֵלֶךְ דָּבֶר וְיֵצֵא רֶשֶׁף לְרַגְלָֽיו
Before him goeth the pestilence, and fiery bolts go forth at His feet.
- וPsalms 28:7
יְהוָה עֻזִּי וּמָגִנִּי בּוֹ בָטַח לִבִּי וְֽנֶעֱזָרְתִּי וַיַּעֲלֹז לִבִּי וּֽמִשִּׁירִי אֲהוֹדֶֽנּוּ
The LORD is my strength and my shield, In Him hath my heart trusted, And I am helped; Therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth, And with my song will I praise Him.
- רPsalms 89:3
כִּֽי־אָמַרְתִּי עוֹלָם חֶסֶד יִבָּנֶה שָׁמַיִם תָּכִן אֱמוּנָתְךָ בָהֶֽם
For I have said: 'For ever is mercy built; In the very heavens Thou dost establish Thy faithfulness.
- סProverbs 3:35
כָּבוֹד חֲכָמִים יִנְחָלוּ וּכְסִילִים מֵרִים קָלֽוֹן
The wise shall inherit honour; But as for the fools, they carry away shame.
skip 34,421, width 34,421 — one row is 34,421 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 733,500 of the TanakhOpen at skip 34,421 in the laboratory →
- פEzekiel 6:5
- פ2 Samuel 11:11
… וַאדֹנִי יוֹאָב וְעַבְדֵי אֲדֹנִי עַל־פְּנֵי הַשָּׂדֶה חֹנִים וַאֲנִי אָבוֹא אֶל …
And Uriah said unto David: ‘The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in booths; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open field; shall I then go into my house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? as thou livest, and as thy soul liveth, I will not do this thing.’
Letter by letter: the other 6 letters
- י1 Kings 6:34
וּשְׁתֵּי דַלְתוֹת עֲצֵי בְרוֹשִׁים שְׁנֵי צְלָעִים הַדֶּלֶת הָֽאַחַת גְּלִילִים וּשְׁנֵי קְלָעִים הַדֶּלֶת הַשֵּׁנִית גְּלִילִֽים
and two doors of cypress-wood; the two leaves of the one door were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding.
- ת2 Kings 1:16
… לֹֽא־תֵרֵד מִמֶּנָּה כִּֽי־מוֹת תָּמֽוּת
And he said unto him: ‘Thus saith the LORD: Forasmuch as thou hast sent messengers to inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron, is it because there is no God in Israel to inquire of His word? therefore thou shalt not come down from the bed whether thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.’
- ג2 Kings 22:10
וַיַּגֵּד שָׁפָן הַסֹּפֵר לַמֶּלֶךְ לֵאמֹר סֵפֶר נָתַן לִי חִלְקִיָּה הַכֹּהֵן וַיִּקְרָאֵהוּ שָׁפָן לִפְנֵי הַמֶּֽלֶךְ
And Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying: ‘Hilkiah the priest hath delivered me a book.’ And Shaphan read it before the king.
- וIsaiah 34:6
… דָם הֻדַּשְׁנָה מֵחֵלֶב מִדַּם כָּרִים וְעַתּוּדִים מֵחֵלֶב כִּלְיוֹת אֵילִים כִּי זֶבַח …
The sword of the LORD is filled with blood, It is made fat with fatness, With the blood of lambs and goats, With the fat of the kidneys of rams; For the LORD hath a sacrifice in Bozrah, And a great slaughter in the land of Edom.
- רJeremiah 4:5
… וּבִירוּשָׁלִַם הַשְׁמִיעוּ וְאִמְרוּ ותקעו שׁוֹפָר בָּאָרֶץ קִרְאוּ מַלְאוּ וְאִמְרוּ הֵאָסְפוּ וְנָבוֹאָה …
Declare ye in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem, And say: ‘Blow ye the horn in the land’; cry aloud and say: ‘Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the fortified cities.’
- סJeremiah 30:16
… צָרַיִךְ כֻּלָּם בַּשְּׁבִי יֵלֵכוּ וְהָיוּ שֹׁאסַיִךְ לִמְשִׁסָּה וְכָל־בֹּזְזַיִךְ אֶתֵּן לָבַֽז …
Therefore all they that devour thee shall be devoured, And all thine adversaries, every one of them, shall go into captivity; And they that spoil thee shall be a spoil, And all that prey upon thee will I give for a prey.
skip 39,452, width 39,452 — one row is 39,452 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 450,125 of the TanakhOpen at skip 39,452 in the laboratory →
- פ2 Samuel 11:11
- פJudges 19:9
… נָא הִנֵּה חֲנוֹת הַיּוֹם לִין פֹּה וְיִיטַב לְבָבֶךָ וְהִשְׁכַּמְתֶּם מָחָר לְדַרְכְּכֶם …
And when the man rose up to depart, he, and his concubine, and his servant, his father-in-law, the damsel’s father, said unto him: ‘Behold, now the day draweth toward evening; tarry, I pray you, all night; behold, the day groweth to an end; lodge here, that thy heart may be merry…
Letter by letter: the other 6 letters
- י1 Samuel 30:21
… אַחֲרֵי דָוִד וַיֹּֽשִׁיבֻם בְּנַחַל הַבְּשׂוֹר וַיֵּֽצְאוּ לִקְרַאת דָּוִד וְלִקְרַאת הָעָם אֲשֶׁר …
And David came to the two hundred men, who were so faint that they could not follow David, whom also they had made to abide at the brook Besor; and they went forth to meet David, and to meet the people that were with him; and when David came near to the people, he saluted them.
- ת1 Kings 6:32
… זָהָב וַיָּרֶד עַל־הַכְּרוּבִים וְעַל־הַתִּֽמֹרוֹת אֶת־הַזָּהָֽב
And as for the two doors of olive-wood, he carved upon them carvings of cherubim and palm-trees and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold; and he spread the gold upon the cherubim, and upon the palm-trees.
- ג2 Kings 10:6
… שִׁבְעִים אִישׁ אֶת־גְּדֹלֵי הָעִיר מְגַדְּלִים אוֹתָֽם
Then he wrote a letter the second time to them, saying: ‘If ye be on my side, and if ye will hearken unto my voice, take ye the heads of the men your master’s sons, and come to me to Jezreel by to-morrow this time.’ Now the king’s sons, being seventy persons, were with the great men of the city…
- וIsaiah 28:17
וְשַׂמְתִּי מִשְׁפָּט לְקָו וּצְדָקָה לְמִשְׁקָלֶת וְיָעָה בָרָד מַחְסֵה כָזָב וְסֵתֶר מַיִם יִשְׁטֹֽפוּ
And I will make justice the line, And righteousness the plummet; And the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, And the waters shall overflow the hiding-place.
- רJeremiah 10:10
… אֱלֹהִים חַיִּים וּמֶלֶךְ עוֹלָם מִקִּצְפּוֹ תִּרְעַשׁ הָאָרֶץ וְלֹֽא־יָכִלוּ גוֹיִם זַעְמֽוֹ …
But the LORD God is the true God, He is the living God, and the everlasting King; At His wrath the earth trembleth, And the nations are not able to abide His indignation.
- סJeremiah 46:14
… בְמִצְרַיִם וְהַשְׁמִיעוּ בְמִגְדּוֹל וְהַשְׁמִיעוּ בְנֹף וּבְתַחְפַּנְחֵס אִמְרוּ הִתְיַצֵּב וְהָכֵן לָךְ כִּֽי …
Declare ye in Egypt, and announce in Migdol, And announce in Noph and in Tahpanhes; Say ye: ‘Stand forth, and prepare thee, For the sword hath devoured round about thee.’
skip 55,957, width 55,957 — one row is 55,957 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads down the middle column. letter 377,601 of the TanakhOpen at skip 55,957 in the laboratory →
- פJudges 19:9
The spelling
פיתגורס — the name in Hebrew letters: Greek philosopher and mathematician (c. 570 – c. 495 BC). Searched as פיתגורס, 7 letters, with a standard gematria value of 759.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Pythagoras in the Torah codes?
The Torah holds 2 sequences of פיתגורס across every skip (2–50,808), where chance alone would give about 0.37; the probability of 2 or more by chance alone is 0.05.
What is the shortest skip for Pythagoras in the Torah?
Skip 4,584, reading backward from Exodus 36:38 — the shortest of 2 sequences across every skip (2–50,808), where chance alone would give about 0.37.
What is the gematria of Pythagoras in Hebrew?
Pythagoras is spelled פיתגורס — 7 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 759.
How many times is Pythagoras found in the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 6 sequences of פיתגורס across every skip (2–199,506) — about what chance alone gives (about 7.3).
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 0.37 across every skip (2–50,808) here) beside the count.