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Definition of Gematria
1. Noun. A Kabbalistic method of interpreting Hebrew words, based on numerical values of letters. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gematria
1. a cabalistic method of interpreting the Scriptures [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gematria
Literary usage of Gematria
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of Interpretation: Eight Lectures Preached Before the University of by Frederic William Farrar (1886)
"We find a curious instance of architectonic gematria in Josephus, who, in referring
to Dan. ix. 27, alludes to the Jewish belief that the Jewish Temple ..."
2. A Short History of Greek Mathematics by James Gow (1884)
"There is in fact no clear instance of gematria before Philo or Christian writers
... The gematria is employed in Rev. xiii. The square Hebrew characters, ..."
3. A Testimony of Jesus Christ by Anthony Charles Garland (2007)
"gematria^5 2'21^ where different letters of an alphabet are assigned different
sequential numeric values so that words then derive a value equal to the sum ..."
4. The Methodist Review (1882)
"Pesikta, 176s, teaches that the gematria of the word jBi?n, (Satan,) gives the
number ... In the same way it is shown by gematria, that, in Gen. xlix, 10, ..."
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