Biblical numerology Biblical numerology Biblical numerology is the use of numbers for their symbolic value in biblical texts - for example, the seven days of creation in Genesis 1. While many ancient languages, religions, and philosophies contained numeric interpretation of events, words, and names, this article is concerned with those uniquely affecting Judeo-Christian beliefs. Although Greek culture was well-known to scholars in the first centuries BC and AD in the Middle East, Greek ideas about numerology do not seem to have permeated Jewish and Christian beliefs. 3: The implication of three is "perfection" or "holiness."(e.g. (). 4: Four signifies a sense of
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