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How the ciphers work, where gematria comes from, and how to check a number instead of taking it on faith.
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Biblical Numbers and Gematria: 7, 40, 153 and 666
What the best-known numbers in scripture meant to the people who wrote them, where gematria genuinely enters the text, and where later readers added it.
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The Kabbalah Ciphers Explained: ALW, KFW and LCH
Where the three English Qabalah ciphers in most gematria calculators come from, who built them, what their letter orders actually are, and why one of them starts at zero.
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How to Find the Gematria of Your Name
Calculate the value of your own name across 36 ciphers, decide which spelling to use, and understand what the number can and cannot tell you.
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Why 74 Is the Most Searched Number in Gematria
Jesus, Cross, Messiah, Jewish and Gematria all equal 74 in English Ordinal. Here is the arithmetic behind the cluster, and an honest look at how surprising it should be.
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Jewish Gematria Explained (and What the 'Jewish' Cipher Actually Is)
Where gematria comes from, how the Hebrew letter values work, and why the cipher labelled Jewish in English calculators is a Latin-alphabet imitation of it rather than the Hebrew system itself.
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English Ordinal vs Full Reduction: Which Cipher Should You Use?
The two most-used English gematria ciphers, what makes them different, why they disagree, and how to decide which one belongs in your calculation.
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How to Calculate Gematria by Hand
A step-by-step guide to working out the gematria of any word on paper: the letter table, the arithmetic, the two mistakes everyone makes, and how to check your answer.
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