The Greek and Hebrew Alphabets with numeric equivalents

by Matt Slick

In English, we have alpha and numeric characters: a,b,c,d,e, etc., & 0,1,2,3,4, etc.  Both Greek and Hebrew have only one set of characters used for both words and numbers.

When a word in Greek, for example, is written out, it has a mathematical value.  This value is called the gematria.  The Greek word for Jesus (IhsouV) has a mathematical equivalent of 888.

There are many very interesting mathematical relationships when the gematria of words and sentences are examined.

Greek Letter	Greek Name	English Letter	Numeric Value		Greek Letter	Greek Name	English Letter	Numeric Value
A,a	alpha	father	1		N,n	nu	new	50
B,b	beta	boy	2		X,x	xi	box	60
G,g	gamma	god	3		O,o	omikron	off	70
D,d	delta	dog	4		P,p	pi	pet	80
E,e	epsilon	end	5					90 is
					R,r	rho	rat	100
			6 is sigma, V final form		S,s,V*	sigma	sam (s,V)	6, 200
Z,z	zeta	zebra	7
H,h	eta	hey	8		T,t	tau	test	300
Q,q	theta	thick (q)	9		U,u	upsilon	up	400
I,i	iota	it	10		F,f	phi	phone (f)	500
K,k	kappa	kit	20		C,c	chi	bach	600
L,l	lamda	low	30		Y,y	psi	cups (y)	700
M,m	mu	mike	40		W,w	omega	orange (w)	800
								900 = sampsi

*final form is form of letter found when it occurs at the end of a word.

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