gematria
-ssigning numerical value to letters. whereas the world in general now uses the arabic numerals: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9, and the later added 0, this was not always so. in hebrew & greek each letter of the alphabet is also a number.
in latin, only certain letters are numbers.
hebrew:
alef=1
bet=2
gimel=3
dalet=4
he=5
waw=6
zayin=7
hhet=8
tet=9
yod=10
kaf=20
lamed=30
mem=40
nun=50
samech=60
ayin=70
pe/fe=80
tsadde=90
qof=100
resh=200
shin=300
thau=400
greek:
alpha=1
beta=2
gamma=3
delta=4
epsilon=5
zeta=6
eta=7
theta=8
iota=9
kappa=10
lamda=20
mu=30
nu=40
xi=50
omicron=60
pi=70
rho=80
sigma=90
tau=100
upsilon=200
phi=300
chi=400
psi=500
omega=600
latin:
i=1
v=5
x=10
l=50
c=100
d=500
m=1,000
gematria is used for a variety of mystical & religious purposes. one is to determine the “number of the name of the beast” of revelation 13:18.
protestants used to say that the beast would be a pope, since one of the t-tles for the pope is
vicarivs filii dei latin for
in place of the son of g-d
v= 5
i= 1
c=100
a= 0
r= 0
i= 1
v= 5
s= 0
112
f= 0
i= 1
l= 50
i= 1
i= 1
53
d=500
e= 0
i= 1
501
112 + 53 + 501 =666
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