Gematria Calculator
Enter a word in Hebrew, Greek or English and see its value across every system: with the arithmetic shown letter by letter, and the exact mapping each cipher uses.
We document every cipher, because different calculators use the same names for different mappings, which is why the same word often produces different numbers on different sites.
Input accepts Hebrew, Greek, and Latin characters, plus Beta Code transliteration for Greek.
Gematria Calculator
Calculate word and phrase values across 6 major Gematria ciphers instantly.
24
A=1, B=2 ... Z=26
15
Pythagorean (1 to 9)
138
A=26, B=25 ... Z=1
39
Reverse Pythagorean
144
Ordinal x 6 (A=6, B=12)
50
Standard Hebrew/Jewish cipher
Letter-by-Letter Breakdown
| Letter | Ordinal | Reduction | Rev. Ordinal | Rev. Reduction | Sumerian | Jewish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | 3 | 3 | 24 | 6 | 18 | 3 |
| a | 1 | 1 | 26 | 8 | 6 | 1 |
| n | 14 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 84 | 40 |
| a | 1 | 1 | 26 | 8 | 6 | 1 |
| d | 4 | 4 | 23 | 5 | 24 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 1 | 26 | 8 | 6 | 1 |
What Gematria Is
Gematria assigns a numerical value to each letter of an alphabet. A word's value is the sum of its letters.
It originated as an Assyro Babylonian Greek numerical system and was later adopted into Jewish culture, where it became closely associated with the study of the Torah and with Kabbalah. The word itself derives from the Greek geometria.
Hebrew gematria has been used in scriptural interpretation for more than two thousand years, and remains part of Jewish textual scholarship today.
- Hebrew gematria: the tradition with the deepest textual history
- Greek isopsephy: historically older in the written record
- English gematria: a modern adaptation, with no ancient basis
That last distinction matters, and most calculators do not make it. We cover it below.
Hebrew: the Primary Tradition
Hebrew gematria assigns values to the 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet, running from aleph (1) through tav (400).
The Six Methods
aleph = 1 through tav = 400. This is the default referenced in the overwhelming majority of Torah and Talmud gematria. If you only need one method, this is it.
letters valued 1 to 22 by their position in the alphabet, rather than by their traditional numerical value.
uses the five Hebrew letters that take a different form at the end of a word (final kaf, mem, nun, pe and tsadi), assigning them values from 500 to 900 rather than their standard values.
values reduced to a single digit by summing digits (for example, tav at 400 becomes 4).
a substitution cipher pairing the first letter with the last, the second with the second last, and so on (aleph pairs with tav, bet with shin).
the alphabet is split in half, and letters are paired across the two 11 letter halves (aleph pairs with lamed, bet with mem).
Final Letters (Otiyot Sofiyot)
Five Hebrew letters change form at the end of a word. In Mispar Hechrachi these usually keep their standard values; in Mispar Gadol they take the extended values 500 to 900.
This is a common source of discrepancy between calculators: one may apply sofit values by default while another does not. Ours shows both.
Greek Isopsephy
The Greek counterpart to Hebrew gematria, and historically older in the written record.
Greek letters carry numerical values in the same way: alpha = 1, beta = 2, and so on through the Milesian numeral system.
Omitting them produces wrong totals for any word containing the values they occupy, which is why some calculators disagree on Greek results.
Isopsephy is relevant to New Testament and classical study, including the well known 666 passage in the Book of Revelation, where the number is presented as the value of a name.
Our calculator accepts both Greek characters and Beta Code transliteration, so you can work without a Greek keyboard.
English: a Modern Adaptation
There is no ancient English gematria.
The English alphabet has no traditional numerical values. The systems below were devised in the twentieth century, adapting the mechanic of letter summing to a language that never used it.
We state that plainly because most calculators do not, and it matters for interpreting results. A value produced by an English cipher has no historical pedigree: it is arithmetic on a modern convention.
The Main English Ciphers
| Cipher | Mapping Description |
|---|---|
| Ordinal (Simple, English Ordinal) | A=1 through Z=26 based on alphabet position |
| Reverse Ordinal | A=26 through Z=1 counting in reverse |
| Full Reduction (Pythagorean) | Digit root: K (11) becomes 2, T (20) becomes 2 |
| Reverse Full Reduction | Reverse ordinal values, reduced to single digits |
| English Gematria | Ordinal × 6: A=6 through Z=156 |
| Sumerian | Ordinal × 6 in common usage (sources conflict: see notes below) |
| Jewish Gematria (English) | Latin letters mapped to Hebrew style values: A=1 through I=9, K=10 upward |
A Property Worth Noticing
In Ordinal and Reverse Ordinal, every letter's two values sum to 27.
So a word's Ordinal and Reverse Ordinal totals differ unless the word is symmetric across the alphabet: and the gap between them is always a multiple of the word's letter count. Small, verifiable, and a useful sanity check on any calculator output.
Why Calculators Disagree
Enter the same word into three gematria sites and you will often get three different numbers. Here is why:
The Cipher Names Are Not Standardised
“Simple,” “Ordinal” and “English Ordinal” all mean A=1 to Z=26. Same mapping, three names.
But “English Gematria” and “Sumerian” are genuinely inconsistent across sites. One common convention multiplies the ordinal value by 6, giving A=6 and Z=156: a mapping associated with gematrix.org long standing implementation. Other sites apply a different multiplier under the same label, or swap the two names entirely.
“Jewish Gematria” in an English calculator maps Latin letters onto Hebrew style values. That is a different operation from actual Hebrew gematria, which works on Hebrew letters. Sharing a name obscures the difference.
Other Sources of Variation
- Sofit handling: whether Hebrew final letters take extended values by default.
- Archaic Greek letters: whether digamma, qoppa and sampi are implemented.
- Spaces and punctuation: whether non letters are ignored, and how numerals in the input are treated.
- Case and diacritics: generally ignored, but not universally across software.
What to Do About It
Check which mapping a calculator is actually using before comparing results between sites.
We publish every mapping in full in the cipher reference below. If a value here differs from one elsewhere, that reference will usually show you why.
Chai and the Number 18
The best known example in Hebrew gematria, and an entirely ordinary one.
חי (chai) means “life.” Its letters are chet (ח) = 8 and yod (י) = 10, giving a value of 18.
This is why gifts and charitable donations in Jewish practice are often made in multiples of 18: $18, $36, $180: as a wish for life. It is common at weddings, bar and bat mitzvahs, and in synagogue giving.
It is a good illustration of how gematria functions in ordinary practice: not as hidden code, but as a widely understood cultural shorthand connecting a word to a number.
Historical Context
Gematria's origins are Assyro Babylonian Greek, and the practice entered Jewish tradition where it became closely tied to Torah interpretation and, later, to Kabbalah.
In Jewish textual scholarship, gematria is one interpretive method among several. It is used to draw connections between passages, words and concepts sharing a numerical value: an established technique in rabbinic literature with a substantial body of commentary behind it.
Greek isopsephy appears in classical sources and in early Christian writing, and is the older attested practice.
The English systems are recent. They emerged in the twentieth century and spread largely online.
Worth understanding about all three: gematria is an interpretive tradition, not a predictive or evidentiary method. Within Jewish scholarship it operates alongside other approaches and within an established framework of commentary. Applied to arbitrary modern text, the arithmetic still works: but it carries none of that context.
This calculator does the arithmetic and documents the systems. What any particular result means is outside its scope.
Full Cipher Reference
Every value should be verifiable by hand from the tables below.
Hebrew Alphabet Values (All Methods)
| Letter | Name | Standard (Hechrachi) | Ordinal (Siduri) | Sofit (Gadol) | Reduced (Katan) | Atbash Pair | Albam Pair |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| א | Aleph | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ת (Tav) | ל (Lamed) |
| ב | Bet | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ש (Shin) | מ (Mem) |
| ג | Gimel | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ר (Resh) | נ (Nun) |
| ד | Dalet | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | ק (Qof) | ס (Samekh) |
| ה | He | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | צ (Tsadi) | ע (Ayin) |
| ו | Vav | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | פ (Pe) | פ (Pe) |
| ז | Zayin | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | ע (Ayin) | צ (Tsadi) |
| ח | Chet | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | ס (Samekh) | ק (Qof) |
| ט | Tet | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | נ (Nun) | ר (Resh) |
| י | Yod | 10 | 10 | 10 | 1 | מ (Mem) | ש (Shin) |
| כ | Kaf | 20 | 11 | 20 | 2 | ל (Lamed) | ת (Tav) |
| ך | Final Kaf | 20 | 11 | 500 | 2 (or 5) | ל (Lamed) | ת (Tav) |
| ל | Lamed | 30 | 12 | 30 | 3 | כ (Kaf) | א (Aleph) |
| מ | Mem | 40 | 13 | 40 | 4 | י (Yod) | ב (Bet) |
| ם | Final Mem | 40 | 13 | 600 | 4 (or 6) | י (Yod) | ב (Bet) |
| נ | Nun | 50 | 14 | 50 | 5 | ט (Tet) | ג (Gimel) |
| ן | Final Nun | 50 | 14 | 700 | 5 (or 7) | ט (Tet) | ג (Gimel) |
| ס | Samekh | 60 | 15 | 60 | 6 | ח (Chet) | ד (Dalet) |
| ע | Ayin | 70 | 16 | 70 | 7 | ז (Zayin) | ה (He) |
| פ | Pe | 80 | 17 | 80 | 8 | ו (Vav) | ו (Vav) |
| ף | Final Pe | 80 | 17 | 800 | 8 (or 8) | ו (Vav) | ו (Vav) |
| צ | Tsadi | 90 | 18 | 90 | 9 | ה (He) | ז (Zayin) |
| ץ | Final Tsadi | 90 | 18 | 900 | 9 (or 9) | ה (He) | ז (Zayin) |
| ק | Qof | 100 | 19 | 100 | 1 | ד (Dalet) | ח (Chet) |
| ר | Resh | 200 | 20 | 200 | 2 | ג (Gimel) | ט (Tet) |
| ש | Shin | 300 | 21 | 300 | 3 | ב (Bet) | י (Yod) |
| ת | Tav | 400 | 22 | 400 | 4 | א (Aleph) | כ (Kaf) |
Greek Isopsephy (Milesian System)
| Greek Letter | Name | Numerical Value | Beta Code | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Α α | Alpha | 1 | *A, A | Standard |
| Β β | Beta | 2 | *B, B | Standard |
| Γ γ | Gamma | 3 | *G, G | Standard |
| Δ δ | Delta | 4 | *D, D | Standard |
| Ε ε | Epsilon | 5 | *E, E | Standard |
| Ϝ ϝ | Digamma (Wau) | 6 | #v | Archaic: required for 6 |
| Ζ ζ | Zeta | 7 | *Z, Z | Standard |
| Η η | Eta | 8 | *H, H | Standard |
| Θ θ | Theta | 9 | *Q, Q | Standard |
| Ι ι | Iota | 10 | *I, I | Standard |
| Κ κ | Kappa | 20 | *K, K | Standard |
| Λ λ | Lambda | 30 | *L, L | Standard |
| Μ μ | Mu | 40 | *M, M | Standard |
| Ν ν | Nu | 50 | *N, N | Standard |
| Ξ ξ | Xi | 60 | *C, C | Standard |
| Ο ο | Omicron | 70 | *O, O | Standard |
| Π π | Pi | 80 | *P, P | Standard |
| Ϟ ϙ | Qoppa | 90 | #q | Archaic: required for 90 |
| Ρ ρ | Rho | 100 | *R, R | Standard |
| Σ σ, ς | Sigma | 200 | *S, S, J | Standard |
| Τ τ | Tau | 300 | *T, T | Standard |
| Υ υ | Upsilon | 400 | *U, U | Standard |
| Φ φ | Phi | 500 | *F, F | Standard |
| Χ χ | Chi | 600 | *X, X | Standard |
| Ψ ψ | Psi | 700 | *Y, Y | Standard |
| Ω ω | Omega | 800 | *W, W | Standard |
| Ϡ ϡ | Sampi | 900 | #s | Archaic: required for 900 |
English Ciphers Complete Letter Mapping
| Letter | Ordinal | Reverse Ordinal | Reduction | Rev. Reduction | Sumerian (×6) | Jewish English |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 1 | 26 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 1 |
| B | 2 | 25 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 2 |
| C | 3 | 24 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 3 |
| D | 4 | 23 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 4 |
| E | 5 | 22 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 5 |
| F | 6 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 36 | 6 |
| G | 7 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 42 | 7 |
| H | 8 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 48 | 8 |
| I | 9 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 54 | 9 |
| J | 10 | 17 | 1 | 8 | 60 | 600 |
| K | 11 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 66 | 10 |
| L | 12 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 72 | 20 |
| M | 13 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 78 | 30 |
| N | 14 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 84 | 40 |
| O | 15 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 90 | 50 |
| P | 16 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 96 | 60 |
| Q | 17 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 102 | 70 |
| R | 18 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 108 | 80 |
| S | 19 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 114 | 90 |
| T | 20 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 120 | 100 |
| U | 21 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 126 | 200 |
| V | 22 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 132 | 700 |
| W | 23 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 138 | 900 |
| X | 24 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 144 | 300 |
| Y | 25 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 150 | 400 |
| Z | 26 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 156 | 500 |
Frequently Asked Questions
Sources
On the tradition: Gematria's origins as an Assyro Babylonian Greek system and its adoption into Jewish culture, where it became intertwined with Torah and Kabbalah study. The Hebrew standard method, Mispar Hechrachi, has been used in scriptural interpretation for over two thousand years.
On the letter values: Reference works on Hebrew linguistics, Semitic epigraphy, Greek epigraphy and ancient Milesian numeral systems provide authoritative scholarship for the Hebrew and Greek letter tables.
On the English ciphers: These are modern conventions without a single authoritative source. We document the exact mapping used for each, and note where other calculators use the same name for a different mapping.
Scope: This tool performs the arithmetic of letter summing across documented systems. It does not interpret results. Within Jewish scholarship, gematria operates alongside other interpretive methods and within an established body of commentary; that context does not transfer to arbitrary modern text.
Cipher mappings verified: 2026. Annual review scheduled.
Appendix A: Update Checklist
Letter values do not change: Hebrew and Greek numerical values are fixed by tradition, and the English conventions are stable.
- Cipher naming across competitors: if the niche converges on different conventions, update the comparison notes
- Confirm the cipher reference tables remain complete and internally consistent
- No cipher has been added without a documented source
- No occult or extremist named ciphers have been introduced
- The “English gematria is modern” statement is still prominent: it is the page's main honesty signal
- No geography has been added. There is no Canadian or city level angle to this topic
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