gematria

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In Jewish numerology (gematria), the letter bet has a value of 2, reish is 200 and kaff is 20.

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  1. A cabalistic system of Hebrew Biblical interpretation, consisting in the substitution for a word of any other the numerical values of whose letters gave the same sum. It must be observed that the supposed antiquity of gematria depends solely on a conjectural comment on Zechariah xii. 10. There is no clear instance of gem-atria before Christian writers were strongly under Platonic in fluence, e. g., Rev. xiii. 18; Barnabas ix. Gow.

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  • Some Thelemites use the number 93 as a kind of religious shorthand. "93, 93 / 93" is a quick way of expressing Thelemite principles by way of gematria. words In Greek, the letters in the word θέλημα, or "will," add up to 93. —  Everything2 New Writeups
  • Some Thelemites use the number 93 as a kind of religious shorthand. "93, 93 / 93" is a quick way of expressing Thelemite principles by way of gematria. words —  Everything2 New Writeups
  • Did you know that like parables, God also uses particular months and days in the Jewish calendar, Jewish Feasts and customs, solar and lunar phases, celestial alignments, gematria (Hebrew numerology) early bible events and more as patterns and models to foretell future events? —  Soccer Blogs - latest posts
  • Another symbolic practice then was called gematria. —  Insurgent American
  • With them, it was Nero … ergo, the mark of the Beast, Nero, or in gematria, 666 or 616. —  Insurgent American
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  1. Hebrew, a transliteration of Greek γεωμετρία' geometry.
 

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