Zion ציון

Zion (ציון) is the name of a place in the Tanakh. Counted across every skip (2–101,616), the Torah holds 188,337 sequences of Zion, the shortest at skip 2 (Exodus 9:27); chance alone would give about 193,410.

Found in the Torah · every skip: 188,337
Chance alone · every skip: 193,410
P (≥ found) · every skip: 1.00
Shortest skip: 2
Longest skip found: 101,429

Every skip the Torah allows for a spelling of 4 letters (2–101,616), both directions, final letters folded, the written text.
At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 18,959 found · chance alone about 18,562 (probability of 18,959 or more by chance alone: 0.0018).

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In the Torah

The Torah holds 188,337 sequences of ציון across every skip (2–101,616) — about what chance alone gives (about 193,410).

The shortest skip at which ציון appears in the Torah is 2 — at Exodus 9:27, reading forward.

The longest skip at which ציון was found in the Torah is 101,429 — at Deuteronomy 34:11, reading backward; a spelling of 4 letters fits the Torah at skips up to 101,616.

By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip

Genesis 58,407
Exodus 44,340
Leviticus 20,685
Numbers 30,182
Deuteronomy 34,723

Examples across the range

5 of the 188,337 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.

shortest skipExodus 9:27שמות ט:כזskip 2, forward
Letter by letter
1. צ י ו נExodus 9:27
  וַיִּשְׁלַח פַּרְעֹה וַיִּקְרָא לְמֹשֶׁה וּֽלְאַהֲרֹן וַיֹּאמֶר אֲלֵהֶם חָטָאתִי הַפָּעַם יְהוָה הַצַּדִּיק וַאֲנִי וְעַמִּי הָרְשָׁעִֽים
  And Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said unto them: ‘I have sinned this time; the LORD is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.
letter 91,122 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
also at the shortest skipExodus 10:14שמות י:ידskip 2, forward
Letter by letter
1. צ י ו נExodus 10:14
  וַיַּעַל הָֽאַרְבֶּה עַל כָּל־אֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם וַיָּנַח בְּכֹל גְּבוּל מִצְרָיִם כָּבֵד מְאֹד …
  And the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all the borders of Egypt; very grievous were they; before them there were no such locusts as they, neither after them shall be such.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.
letter 92,479 of the TorahOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
a mid-range skipGenesis 18:2בראשית יח:בskip 100, forward
1. צGenesis 18:2
  … עֵינָיו וַיַּרְא וְהִנֵּה שְׁלֹשָׁה אֲנָשִׁים נִצָּבִים עָלָיו וַיַּרְא וַיָּרָץ לִקְרָאתָם מִפֶּתַח …
  and he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood over against him; and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed down to the earth,
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
1. יGenesis 18:4
  יֻקַּֽח־נָא מְעַט־מַיִם וְרַחֲצוּ רַגְלֵיכֶם וְהִֽשָּׁעֲנוּ תַּחַת הָעֵֽץ
  Let now a little water be fetched, and wash your feet, and recline yourselves under the tree.
2. וGenesis 18:6
  וַיְמַהֵר אַבְרָהָם הָאֹהֱלָה אֶל־שָׂרָה וַיֹּאמֶר מַהֲרִי שְׁלֹשׁ סְאִים קֶמַח סֹלֶת לוּשִׁי וַעֲשִׂי עֻגֽוֹת
  And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said: ‘Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes.’
3. ןGenesis 18:8
  וַיִּקַּח חֶמְאָה וְחָלָב וּבֶן־הַבָּקָר אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה וַיִּתֵּן לִפְנֵיהֶם …
  And he took curd, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat.
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 20,549 of the TorahOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
a mid-range skipNumbers 9:11במדבר ט:יאskip 1,000, forward
1. צNumbers 9:11
  בַּחֹדֶשׁ הַשֵּׁנִי בְּאַרְבָּעָה עָשָׂר יוֹם בֵּין הָעַרְבַּיִם יַעֲשׂוּ אֹתוֹ עַל־מַצּוֹת וּמְרֹרִים יֹאכְלֻֽהוּ
  in the second month on the fourteenth day at dusk they shall keep it; they shall eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs;
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
1. יNumbers 10:7
  וּבְהַקְהִיל אֶת־הַקָּהָל תִּתְקְעוּ וְלֹא תָרִֽיעוּ
  But when the assembly is to be gathered together, ye shall blow, but ye shall not sound an alarm.
2. וNumbers 10:30
  וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו לֹא אֵלֵךְ כִּי אִם־אֶל־אַרְצִי וְאֶל־מוֹלַדְתִּי אֵלֵֽךְ
  And he said unto him: ‘I will not go; but I will depart to mine own land, and to my kindred.’
3. נNumbers 11:13
  … כִּֽי־יִבְכּוּ עָלַי לֵאמֹר תְּנָה־לָּנוּ בָשָׂר וְנֹאכֵֽלָה
  Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this people? for they trouble me with their weeping, saying: Give us flesh, that we may eat.
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 204,371 of the TorahOpen at skip 1,000 in the laboratory →
the longest skip foundDeuteronomy 34:11דברים לד:יאskip 101,429, backward
1. צDeuteronomy 34:11
  לְכָל־הָאֹתוֹת וְהַמּוֹפְתִים אֲשֶׁר שְׁלָחוֹ יְהוָה לַעֲשׂוֹת בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם לְפַרְעֹה וּלְכָל־עֲבָדָיו וּלְכָל־אַרְצֽוֹ
  in all the signs and the wonders, which the LORD sent him to do in the land of Egypt, to Pharaoh, and to all his servants, and to all his land;
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
1. יNumbers 8:19
  … וּלְכַפֵּר עַל־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְלֹא יִהְיֶה בִּבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל נֶגֶף בְּגֶשֶׁת בְּנֵֽי …
  And I have given the Levites— they are given to Aaron and to his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the tent of meeting, and to make atonement for the children of Israel, that there be no plague among the children of Israel…
2. וExodus 16:13
  וַיְהִי בָעֶרֶב וַתַּעַל הַשְּׂלָו וַתְּכַס אֶת־הַֽמַּחֲנֶה וּבַבֹּקֶר הָֽיְתָה שִׁכְבַת הַטַּל סָבִיב לַֽמַּחֲנֶֽה
  And it came to pass at even, that the quails came up, and covered the camp; and in the morning there was a layer of dew round about the camp.
3. ןGenesis 1:11
  … זַרְעוֹ־בוֹ עַל־הָאָרֶץ וַֽיְהִי־כֵֽן
  And God said: ‘Let the earth put forth grass, herb yielding seed, and fruit-tree bearing fruit after its kind, wherein is the seed thereof, upon the earth.’ And it was so.
skip 101,429, width 101,429 — one row is 101,429 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.
letter 304,802 of the TorahOpen at skip 101,429 in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

Across every skip (2–399,013), ציון appears 3,464,109 times in the whole Tanakh — 1.0% more than the 3,429,830 chance alone would give; the probability of 3,464,109 or more by chance alone is 1.5 × 10⁻⁷⁶.

At the laboratory's default range, skips 2–5,000: 86,249 found · chance alone about 85,402 (probability of 86,249 or more by chance alone: 0.0019).

By book (where the first letter stands) · every skip

Genesis 229,860
Exodus 199,046
Leviticus 100,667
Numbers 148,716
Deuteronomy 168,734
Joshua 114,647
Judges 82,029
Samuel 195,978
Kings 220,265
Isaiah 293,843
Jeremiah 277,073
Ezekiel 223,231
The Twelve 203,141
Psalms 308,483
Proverbs 111,382
Job 107,200
Song of Songs 16,105
Ruth 10,216
Lamentations 24,600
Ecclesiastes 22,544
Esther 21,683
Daniel 64,020
Ezra–Nehemiah 75,799
Chronicles 244,847

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Outside the Torah

shortest skip outside the TorahJudges 10:11שופטים י:יאskip 2, forward
Letter by letter
1. צ י ו ןJudges 10:11
  וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל הֲלֹא מִמִּצְרַיִם וּמִן־הָאֱמֹרִי וּמִן־בְּנֵי עַמּוֹן וּמִן־פְּלִשְׁתִּֽים
  And the LORD said unto the children of Israel: ‘Did not I save you from the Egyptians, and from the Amorites, from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines?
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.
letter 363,858 of the TanakhOpen at skip 2 in the laboratory →
a mid-range skip2 Samuel 2:13שמואל ב ב:יגskip 100, forward
1. צ2 Samuel 2:13
  וְיוֹאָב בֶּן־צְרוּיָה וְעַבְדֵי דָוִד יָֽצְאוּ וַֽיִּפְגְּשׁוּם עַל …
  And Joab the son of Zeruiah, and the servants of David, went out; and they met together by the pool of Gibeon, and sat down, the one on the one side of the pool, and the other on the other side of the pool.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
1. י2 Samuel 2:14
  וַיֹּאמֶר אַבְנֵר אֶל־יוֹאָב יָקוּמוּ נָא הַנְּעָרִים וִֽישַׂחֲקוּ לְפָנֵינוּ וַיֹּאמֶר יוֹאָב יָקֻֽמוּ
  And Abner said to Joab: ‘Let the young men, I pray thee, arise and play before us.’ And Joab said: ‘Let them arise.’
2. ו2 Samuel 2:16
  וַֽיַּחֲזִקוּ אִישׁ בְּרֹאשׁ רֵעֵהוּ וְחַרְבּוֹ בְּצַד רֵעֵהוּ וַֽיִּפְּלוּ יַחְדָּו וַיִּקְרָא …
  And they caught every one his fellow by the head, and thrust his sword in his fellow’s side; so they fell down together; wherefore that place was called Helkath-hazzurim, which is in Gibeon.
3. נ2 Samuel 2:17
  וַתְּהִי הַמִּלְחָמָה קָשָׁה עַד־מְאֹד בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא וַיִּנָּגֶף אַבְנֵר וְאַנְשֵׁי יִשְׂרָאֵל לִפְנֵי עַבְדֵי דָוִֽד
  And the battle was very sore that day; and Abner was beaten, and the men of Israel, before the servants of David.
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 437,119 of the TanakhOpen at skip 100 in the laboratory →
longest skip outside the Torah2 Chronicles 36:19דברי הימים ב לו:יטskip 398,710, backward
1. צ2 Chronicles 36:19
  וַֽיִּשְׂרְפוּ אֶת־בֵּית הָאֱלֹהִים וַֽיְנַתְּצוּ אֵת חוֹמַת יְרוּשָׁלִָם וְכָל־אַרְמְנוֹתֶיהָ …
  And they burnt the house of God, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and destroyed all the goodly vessels thereof.
Letter by letter: the other 3 letters
1. יEzekiel 46:18
  … אֶת־בָּנָיו לְמַעַן אֲשֶׁר לֹֽא־יָפֻצוּ עַמִּי אִישׁ מֵאֲחֻזָּתֽוֹ
  Moreover the prince shall not take of the people’s inheritance, to thrust them wrongfully out of their possession; he shall give inheritance to his sons out of his own possession; that My people be not scattered every man from his possession.’
2. ו1 Samuel 11:13
  וַיֹּאמֶר שָׁאוּל לֹֽא־יוּמַת אִישׁ בַּיּוֹם הַזֶּה כִּי הַיּוֹם עָשָֽׂה־יְהוָה תְּשׁוּעָה בְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל
  And Saul said: ‘There shall not a man be put to death this day; for to-day the LORD hath wrought deliverance in Israel.’
3. נGenesis 1:12
  … הָאָרֶץ דֶּשֶׁא עֵשֶׂב מַזְרִיעַ זֶרַע לְמִינֵהוּ וְעֵץ עֹֽשֶׂה־פְּרִי אֲשֶׁר זַרְעוֹ …
  And the earth brought forth grass, herb yielding seed after its kind, and tree bearing fruit, wherein is the seed thereof, after its kind; and God saw that it was good.
skip 398,710, width 398,710 — one row is 398,710 letters, so the 21 columns shown are the letters that stand beside the sequence in the text; it reads up the middle column.
letter 1,196,672 of the TanakhOpen at skip 398,710 in the laboratory →

The spelling

ציון — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as ציון, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 156.

As a plain word it stands 108 times in the Tanakh, first at 2 Samuel 5:7. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

Zion in the Tanakh

Questions

Is Zion in the Bible code?

The Torah holds 188,337 sequences of ציון across every skip (2–101,616) — about what chance alone gives (about 193,410).

What is the shortest skip for Zion in the Torah?

Skip 2, reading forward from Exodus 9:27 — the shortest of 188,337 sequences across every skip (2–101,616), where chance alone would give about 193,410.

What is the gematria of Zion in Hebrew?

Zion is spelled ציון — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 156.

How many times is Zion found in the whole Tanakh?

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