Numerology "Jesus number" have been commented and analyzed by Dorotheus of Gaza and numerology still is used at least in conservative Greek Orthodox circles. However, despite the church's resistance to numerology, there have been arguments made for the presence of numerology in the Bible and religious architecture. For example, the numbers 3 and 7 hold strong spiritual meaning in the Bible. The most obvious example would be the creation of the world in 7 days. Jesus asked God 3 times if he could avoid crucifixion and was crucified at 3 in the afternoon. 7 is the length of famine and other
Numerology summing digits in these bases yields different results. The first example, shown above, appears thus when rendered in octal (base 8): The Arabic system of numerology is known as Abjad notation or Abjad numerals. In this system each letter of Arabic alphabet has a numerical value. This system is the foundation of "ilm-ul-cipher", the Science of Cipher, and "ilm-ul-huroof", the Science of Alphabet: ط=9 ح=8 ز=7 و=6 ه=5 د=4 ج=3 ب=2 أ=1 ص=90 ف=80 ع=70 س=60 ن=50 م=40 ل=30 ك=20 ي=10 ظ=900 ض=800 ذ=700 خ=600 ث=500 ت=400 ش=300 ر=200 ق=100 غ=1000 Some Chinese assign a different set of meanings to