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Biblical Number Terms

The Bible also contains a number of other terms that refer to numbers. Biblical example of  these terms are listed below.

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Alphabet

Word/Term

Definitions

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Abib

first month of the sacred calendar established by Yahweh


Exod 12:2
2 This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you.


Deut 16:1
1 Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto the LORD thy God: for in the month of Abib the LORD thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by night.

 

After two Days

After two days = 3rd day

Matt 26:2
2 Ye know that after two days is the feast of the passover, and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified.

 

After 6 days 

After 6 days is  the seventh day

Matt 17:1-2
1 And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart,
2 And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.

Therefore, Jesus was transfigured on the 7th day

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D

 

Day- 12 hours of the day

Day =12 hours of sunlight


John 11:8-9
8 His disciples say unto him, Master, the Jews of late sought to stone thee; and goest thou thither again?
9 Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world.

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Feast of Unleavened Bread

Feast of Unleavened Bread - begins on the 15th day of the first month


Exod 12:18
18 In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at even, ye shall eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of the month at even.

 

Fifth part

One fifth of a whole

Gen 41:32-34
32 And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice; it is because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.
33 Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt.
34 Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint officers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years.



 

Foursquare

The length and width of an object is to have the same dimension

Exod 27:1
1 And thou shalt make an altar of shittim wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and the height thereof shall be three cubits.




 

Fourth part

One fourth of a whole

Neh 9:2-3
2 And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.
3 And they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law of the LORD their God one fourth part of the day; and another fourth part they confessed, and worshipped the LORD their God.



 

Feast of Weeks

Feast of Weeks - 49 days + 1=50 days -This is also known as Pentecost


Deut 16:9-10
9 Seven weeks shalt thou number unto thee: begin to number the seven weeks from such time as thou beginnest to put the sickle to the corn.
10 And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks unto the LORD thy God with a tribute of a freewill offering of thine hand, which thou shalt give unto the LORD thy God, according as the LORD thy God hath blessed thee:

 

Feast of Tabernacles

Feast of Tabernacles - 15th day of the seventh month


Lev 23:34
34 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, The fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the feast of tabernacles for seven days unto the LORD.

 

Folds

Folds = times - for example

 A 30 fold increase is equal to the original number or amount being multiplied 30 times

 

Fourscore

Fourscore - a score is about 20 years in the Bible

Therefore, four folds is = to 80 years


Gen 16:16
 "And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram."

Therefore, Abraham was 86 years old when Ishmael was born

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Hundredfold

 

A fold multiplied a hundred times


Matt 13:7-8
7 And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them:
8 But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.




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Jubilee

Lev 25:8-10
8 And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee, seven times seven years; and the space of the seven sabbaths of years shall be unto thee forty and nine years.
9 Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of the jubile to sound on the tenth day of the seventh month, in the day of atonement shall ye make the trumpet sound throughout all your land.
10 And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubile unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family.


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New Moon

New Moon - first day of a new month - a Sabbath day


Num 28:11-14
11 And in the beginnings of your months ye shall offer a burnt offering unto the LORD; two young bullocks, and one ram, seven lambs of the first year without spot;
12 And three tenth deals of flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, for one bullock; and two tenth deals of flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, for one ram;
13 And a several tenth deal of flour mingled with oil for a meat offering unto one lamb; for a burnt offering of a sweet savour, a sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD.
14 And their drink offerings shall be half an hin of wine unto a bullock, and the third part of an hin unto a ram, and a fourth part of an hin unto a lamb: this is the burnt offering of every month throughout the months of the year.

 

Number of His Name

Number of His Name = In Hebrew, which is the language of the Bible, the Hebrew alphabet is used to represent numbers.  Therefore, the name of a person or place could also have a numerical value. This is why we have such terms in the Bible as "the number of His name". This type of numbering in Israel is very ancient and is known as "gem atria".


Rev 13:12-14:7
12 And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.
13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,
14 And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.
15 And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.
16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.

 

That is:

600 and

60   (threescore = 20x3) and=

6

Therefore, the number of his name is 666

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Sabbath Day

Sabbath Day = Seventh Day a Holy Day


Exodus 20:9-10
9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:
10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:

 

 

Sabbath Year

Sabbath Year = 7th year see example in jubilee)

 

Score

Score = 20 years )see number of his name example)



Rev 11:3
3 And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.


That is:

1000

200

60  (threescore=20x3) days

 

Sevenfold

Sevenfold - seven times


Prov 6:30-31
30 Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;
31 But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.

 

Seven Times

Seven Times (related to time) 7 years


Dan 4:24-25
24 This is the interpretation, O king, and this is the decree of the most High, which is come upon my lord the king:
25 That they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and they shall wet thee with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over thee, till thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.

 

Seventy times seven

70 x 7 = 490

Matt 18:21-22
21 Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?
22 Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven.



 

Six score

Six score - a score is t 20  in the Bible


IKing 9:12-14
12 And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they pleased him not.
13 And he said, What cities are these which thou hast given me, my brother? And he called them the land of Cabul unto this day.
14 And Hiram sent to the king sixscore talents of gold.

Therefore, Hiram gave Solomon 120 talents of gold.

 

Sixth part

One sixth of a whole

Ezek 39:1-2
1 Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:
2 And I will turn thee back, and leave but the sixth part of thee, and will cause thee to come up from the north parts, and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel:


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Tenth part

One tenth of a whole

Num 18:26
26 Thus speak unto the Levites, and say unto them, When ye take of the children of Israel the tithes which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then ye shall offer up an heave offering of it for the LORD, even a tenth part of the tithe.



 

Third Part

One third of a whole

2 Sam 18:2
2 And David sent forth a third part of the people under the hand of Joab, and a third part under the hand of Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother, and a third part under the hand of Ittai the Gittite. And the king said unto the people, I will surely go forth with you myself also.

Revelation Example
Rev 8:6-10
6 And the seven angels which had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound.
7 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
8 And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea became blood;
9 And the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed.
10 And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters;


 




 

Threefold

Multiplied three times

 

Thrice

Thrice - Three


Exod 34:23
23 Thrice in the year shall all your men children appear before the Lord GOD, the God of Israel.

 

Threescore

Threescore - a score is about 20 years in the Bible


Exod 15:27
27 And they came to Elim, where were twelve wells of water, and threescore and ten palm trees: and they encamped there by the waters.

Therefore,  at Elim there were 70 palm trees

 

 

Time Times + a half of Time

This is equal to 1260 days

See the book "Prophetic Numbers of the Bible" where the parameters of this prophetic time formula is explained and calculated

 

Twice

Two

 

Twofold

Multiplied two times


Matt 23:15
15 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.


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Year of Tithing

Year of Tithing = 3rd year


Deut 26:12
12 When thou hast made an end of tithing all the tithes of thine increase the third year, which is the year of tithing, and hast given it unto the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, that they may eat within thy gates, and be filled;

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