Gematria & Sacred Ciphers
The Hidden Mathematics of Sacred Language
Every letter is a number. Every word is an equation. Across millennia, mystics discovered that the languages of revelation—Hebrew, Greek, Arabic—encode hidden numerical relationships within their alphabets. These sacred cipher systems reveal unexpected connections between words, names, and concepts, suggesting a mathematical architecture woven into the fabric of creation itself.
Hebrew Gematria Calculator
Enter Hebrew text or transliterated text (e.g. “chai”, “shalom”, “Torah”). — See Kabbalah chapter »
Hebrew Letter Values Reference
| Letter | Name | Translit. | Standard | Ordinal | Final Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| א | Aleph | A | 1 | 1 | — |
| ב | Bet | B | 2 | 2 | — |
| ג | Gimel | G | 3 | 3 | — |
| ד | Dalet | D | 4 | 4 | — |
| ה | He | H | 5 | 5 | — |
| ו | Vav | V/W | 6 | 6 | — |
| ז | Zayin | Z | 7 | 7 | — |
| ח | Chet | Ch | 8 | 8 | — |
| ט | Tet | T | 9 | 9 | — |
| י | Yod | Y/I | 10 | 10 | — |
| כ | Kaf | K | 20 | 11 | 500 |
| ל | Lamed | L | 30 | 12 | — |
| מ | Mem | M | 40 | 13 | 600 |
| נ | Nun | N | 50 | 14 | 700 |
| ס | Samekh | S | 60 | 15 | — |
| ע | Ayin | O/‘ | 70 | 16 | — |
| פ | Pe | P | 80 | 17 | 800 |
| צ | Tsade | Ts | 90 | 18 | 900 |
| ק | Qoph | Q | 100 | 19 | — |
| ר | Resh | R | 200 | 20 | — |
| ש | Shin | Sh | 300 | 21 | — |
| ת | Tav | Th/T | 400 | 22 | — |
Notable Gematria Equivalences
חי (Chai) = 18 = Life • אחד (Echad) = 13 = One/Unity • אהבה (Ahavah) = 13 = Love • אמת (Emet) = 441 = Truth • שלום (Shalom) = 376 = Peace
“One” and “Love” share the same value (13): unity is love.
Greek Isopsephy Calculator
Enter Greek text or transliterated text. — See Greece chapter »
Greek Letter Values Reference
| Letter | Name | Translit. | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Α | Alpha | A | 1 |
| Β | Beta | B | 2 |
| Γ | Gamma | G | 3 |
| Δ | Delta | D | 4 |
| Ε | Epsilon | E | 5 |
| Ϛ | Stigma/Digamma | St/W | 6 |
| Ζ | Zeta | Z | 7 |
| Η | Eta | Ē | 8 |
| Θ | Theta | Th | 9 |
| Ι | Iota | I | 10 |
| Κ | Kappa | K | 20 |
| Λ | Lambda | L | 30 |
| Μ | Mu | M | 40 |
| Ν | Nu | N | 50 |
| Ξ | Xi | X | 60 |
| Ο | Omicron | O | 70 |
| Π | Pi | P | 80 |
| Ϙ | Qoppa | Q | 90 |
| Ρ | Rho | R | 100 |
| Σ | Sigma | S | 200 |
| Τ | Tau | T | 300 |
| Υ | Upsilon | U/Y | 400 |
| Φ | Phi | Ph | 500 |
| Χ | Chi | Ch | 600 |
| Ψ | Psi | Ps | 700 |
| Ω | Omega | Ō | 800 |
Notable Isopsephy Values
ΙΗΣΟΥΣ (IĒSOUS) = 888 = Jesus • ΧΡΙΣΤΟΣ = 1,480 = Christ • ΑΜΗΝ = 99 = Amen • ΘΕΟΣ = 284 = God
888 = 8 × 111 — the ogdoad of completion, triple the number of unity.
Atbash Cipher Encoder / Decoder
The Atbash cipher substitutes each Hebrew letter with its mirror: Aleph ↔ Tav, Bet ↔ Shin, Gimel ↔ Resh… The cipher is its own inverse. — See Kabbalah chapter »
Famous Atbash Examples
ששך (Sheshach) → בבל (Babel) — Jeremiah 25:26, 51:41 hid the name of Babylon using Atbash
לב קמי (Lev Qamai) → כשדים (Kasdim / Chaldeans) — Jeremiah 51:1
Atbash Substitution Table
| Plain | Cipher | Plain | Cipher | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| א | ת | ל | כ | |
| ב | ש | מ | י | |
| ג | ר | נ | ח | |
| ד | ק | ס | ז | |
| ה | צ | ע | ו | |
| ו | פ | פ | ו | |
| ז | ס | צ | ה | |
| ח | נ | ק | ד | |
| ט | מ | ר | ג | |
| י | ל | ש | ב | |
| כ | ל | ת | א |
Pythagorean Numerology Calculator
Map each Latin letter to 1–9, sum, and reduce to a single digit (or master numbers 11, 22, 33). — See Numerology chapter »
Life Path Number Calculator
Pythagorean Letter-Number Map
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I |
| J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R |
| S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z |
Sacred Number Reference
Numbers that echo across every mystical tradition — the mathematical language of the cosmos.
| Number | Significance Across Traditions |
|---|---|
| 1 |
Tawhīd (Islam)
Monad (Pythagoras)
Ein Sof (Kabbalah)
Brahman (Hindu)
Absolute unity, the source of all number and being |
| 3 |
Trinity (Christianity)
Trikāya (Buddhism)
Three Jewels
Trimūrti (Hindu)
Three Pillars (Kabbalah)
Divine threefold nature, the first “complete” number |
| 4 |
Four Elements
Four Directions
Four Noble Truths
Tetragrammaton YHVH
Material stability, the manifest world, the cross |
| 5 |
Pentagram
Five Pillars (Islam)
Wǔxíng (Chinese)
Pentateuch
The human microcosm, five fingers, five senses |
| 7 |
Seven Days
Seven Chakras
Seven lower Sephiroth
Seven Heavens
Seven Planets (classical)
Sacred completion, the most mystical number across cultures |
| 10 |
Ten Sephiroth
Ten Commandments
Tetractys (Pythagoras)
Ten Ox-Herding Pictures
Perfection, return to unity (1+0 = 1), the Pythagorean decad |
| 12 |
Twelve Zodiac Signs
Twelve Apostles
Twelve Imāms (Shia)
Twelve Tribes
Twelve Nidānas
Cosmic order, governance, the celestial round |
| 22 |
22 Hebrew Letters
22 Major Arcana
22 Paths on the Tree of Life
The building blocks of creation, channels of divine energy |
| 33 |
33 Masonic Degrees
Christ’s age at crucifixion
33 Vedic Devas
33 Heavens (Trāyastriṃśa)
Master number, supreme attainment, the illuminated teacher |
| 40 |
40 Years in Desert
40 Days of Lent
40 Days (Arba‘īn)
40 Days of purification
Testing, trial, transformation — the crucible of spiritual change |
| 72 |
72 Names of God
72 Angels (Shem HaMephorash)
72,000 Nādīs
72 Goetic Spirits
Derived from Exodus 14:19–21, three verses of 72 letters each |
| 108 |
108 Prayer Beads (Mala)
108 Upanishads
108 Gopis of Krishna
108 Defilements
1×(22)×(33) = 108; distance Sun–Earth ÷ Sun diameter ≈ 108 |
| 666 |
Number of the Beast (Revelation 13:18)
Solar Magic Square sum
Nero Caesar in Hebrew gematria
Sum of the 6×6 magic square of the Sun; 1+2+…+36 = 666 |
| 888 |
ΙΗΣΟΥΣ in isopsephy
Jesus — the “solar” counterpart to 666
888 = 666 + 222; the light that answers the beast |