Stan סטן
In Hebrew letters the first name Stan is written סטן — male given name. Stan appears 5,471 times as an equidistant letter sequence in the Torah at skips 2–5,000, 11% more than chance alone would give (about 4,943; probability 7.9 × 10⁻¹⁴).
- Found in the Torah
- 5,471
- Chance alone
- 4,943
- P (≥ found)
- 7.9 × 10⁻¹⁴
- Shortest skip
- 5
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, סטן appears 5,471 times in the Torah — 11% more than the 4,943 chance alone would give; the probability of 5,471 or more by chance alone is 7.9 × 10⁻¹⁴.
The shortest skip at which סטן appears in the Torah is 5 — the first at Genesis 45:16, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–152,424), סטן is found 92,071 times; chance alone would give about 76,611.
A three-letter spelling is common at these skips: in a text of 304,850 letters chance alone produces about 4,943 of it, so a large count is expected.
- Genesis 888
- Exodus 946
- Leviticus 1,328
- Numbers 1,779
- Deuteronomy 530
The shortest skips
וְהַקֹּל נִשְׁמַע בֵּית פַּרְעֹה לֵאמֹר בָּאוּ אֲחֵי יוֹסֵף וַיִּיטַב בְּעֵינֵי פַרְעֹה וּבְעֵינֵי עֲבָדָֽיו
And the report thereof was heard in Pharaoh’s house, saying: ‘Joseph’s brethren are come’; and it pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants.
skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 69,599Open in the laboratory →
וְהִנֵּה קַמְתֶּם תַּחַת אֲבֹתֵיכֶם תַּרְבּוּת אֲנָשִׁים חַטָּאִים לִסְפּוֹת עוֹד עַל חֲרוֹן אַף־יְהוָה אֶל־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
And, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers’stead, a brood of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of the LORD toward Israel.
skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 242,742Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּרְא מְנֻחָה כִּי טוֹב וְאֶת־הָאָרֶץ כִּי נָעֵמָה וַיֵּט שִׁכְמוֹ לִסְבֹּל וַיְהִי לְמַס־עֹבֵֽד
For he saw a resting-place that it was good, And the land that it was pleasant; And he bowed his shoulder to bear, And became a servant under task-work
skip 6, width 6 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 75,854Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּקְרָא פַרְעֹה שֵׁם־יוֹסֵף צָֽפְנַת פַּעְנֵחַ וַיִּתֶּן־לוֹ אֶת־אָֽסְנַת בַּת־פּוֹטִי פֶרַע כֹּהֵן אֹן לְאִשָּׁה וַיֵּצֵא יוֹסֵף עַל־אֶרֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם
And Pharaoh called Joseph’s name Zaphenath-paneah; and he gave him to wife Asenath the daughter of Poti-phera priest of On. And Joseph went out over the land of Egypt.—
skip 7, width 7 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 62,315Open in the laboratory →
וּלְיוֹסֵף יֻלַּד שְׁנֵי בָנִים בְּטֶרֶם תָּבוֹא שְׁנַת הָרָעָב אֲשֶׁר יָֽלְדָה־לּוֹ אָֽסְנַת בַּת־פּוֹטִי פֶרַע כֹּהֵן אֽוֹן
And unto Joseph were born two sons before the year of famine came, whom Asenath the daughter of Poti-phera priest of On bore unto him.
skip 7, width 7 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 62,608Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, סטן appears 20,221 times in the whole Tanakh — 9.6% more than the 18,442 chance alone would give; the probability of 20,221 or more by chance alone is 2.4 × 10⁻³⁸.
- Genesis 888
- Exodus 946
- Leviticus 1,328
- Numbers 1,779
- Deuteronomy 563
- Joshua 328
- Judges 445
- Samuel 562
- Kings 1,010
- Isaiah 1,432
- Jeremiah 963
- Ezekiel 1,035
- The Twelve 972
- Psalms 2,675
- Proverbs 1,210
- Job 882
- Song of Songs 111
- Ruth 21
- Lamentations 112
- Ecclesiastes 375
- Esther 307
- Daniel 644
- Ezra–Nehemiah 825
- Chronicles 808
Outside the Torah
וְדִֽי־חֲזַיְתָה רַגְלַיָּא וְאֶצְבְּעָתָא מנהון חֲסַף דִּֽי־פֶחָר ומנהון פַּרְזֶל מַלְכוּ פְלִיגָה תֶּהֱוֵה וּמִן־נִצְבְּתָא דִי פַרְזְלָא לֶֽהֱוֵא־בַהּ כָּל־קֳבֵל דִּי חֲזַיְתָה פַּרְזְלָא מְעָרַב בַּחֲסַף טִינָֽא
And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters’clay, and part of iron, it shall be a divided kingdom; but there shall be in it of the firmness of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 1,038,985Open in the laboratory →
די חֲזַיְתָ פַּרְזְלָא מְעָרַב בַּחֲסַף טִינָא מִתְעָרְבִין לֶהֱוֺן בִּזְרַע אֲנָשָׁא וְלָֽא־לֶהֱוֺן דָּבְקִין דְּנָה עִם־דְּנָה הֵֽא־כְדִי פַרְזְלָא לָא מִתְעָרַב עִם־חַסְפָּֽא
And whereas thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves by the seed of men; but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron doth not mingle with clay.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 1,039,070Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּשְׁמַע סַנְבַלַּט הַחֹרֹנִי וְטֽוֹבִיָּה הָעֶבֶד הָֽעַמֹּנִי וַיֵּרַע לָהֶם רָעָה גְדֹלָה אֲשֶׁר־בָּא אָדָם לְבַקֵּשׁ טוֹבָה לִבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
And when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly, for that there was come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 1,076,524Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
סטן — the name in Hebrew letters: male given name. Searched as סטן, 3 letters, with a standard gematria value of 119.
It does not stand as a plain word anywhere in the Tanakh. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Stan in the Torah codes?
At skips 2–5,000, סטן appears 5,471 times in the Torah — 11% more than the 4,943 chance alone would give; the probability of 5,471 or more by chance alone is 7.9 × 10⁻¹⁴.
What is the shortest skip for Stan in the Torah?
Skip 5, reading forward from Genesis 45:16 — the shortest of 5,471 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 4,943.
What is the gematria of Stan in Hebrew?
Stan is spelled סטן — 3 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 119.
How many times is Stan found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, סטן appears 20,221 times in the whole Tanakh — 9.6% more than the 18,442 chance alone would give; the probability of 20,221 or more by chance alone is 2.4 × 10⁻³⁸.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 4,943 here) beside the count.