Hebrew and Greek Letter Values


Place     Gematria   Letter   Phonetics  
1 1 aleph
2 2 bet vet
3 3 gimmel
4 4 dalet
5 5 heh
6 6 vav
7 7 zayin
8 8 chet
9 9 tet
10 10 yod
11 20 kaf
12 30 lamed
13 40 mem
14 50 nun
15 60 samek
16 70 ayin
17 80 peh
18 90 tzadai
19 100 qoph
20 200 resh
21 300 sin shin
22 400 tav

Ancient Hebrews and Greeks did not have separate symbols for numbers. Their respective letters did double duty. The above Hebrew number values for letters were adopted in ancient rabbinical writings. The Tanach even today uses letters for chapter and verse numbering. Below are Greek letter values.

Place     Gematria   Letter   Phonetics  
1 1 α alpha
2 2 β beta
3 3 γ gamma
4 4 δ delta
5 5 ε epsilon
6 7 ζ zeta
7 8 η eta
8 9 θ theta
9 10 ι iota
10 20 κ kappa
11 30 λ lambda
12 40 μ mu
13 50 ν nu
14 60 ξ xi
15 70 ο omicron
16 80 π pi
17 100 ρ rho
18 200 σ sigma
19 300 τ tau
20 400 υ upsilon
21 500 φ phi
22 600 χ chi
23 700 ψ psi
24 800 ω omega

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