Gematria Calculator
Gematria values of a word or phrase: English Ordinal, Reverse, Reduction, Sumerian and Chaldean ciphers, Hebrew standard values and Greek isopsephy. How it works
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About the Gematria Calculator
In English Ordinal gematria each letter is its place in the alphabet (A=1 ... Z=26) and a word is worth the sum of its letters, so CalcChef = 41. Hebrew gematria uses the standard values alef=1 to tav=400 (חי = 18), and Greek isopsephy alpha=1 to omega=800 (Νερων = 1005). The calculator shows seven systems at once. The Hebrew and Greek tables are traditional; the English and Chaldean ones are modern conventions.
English gematria letter values
| Letter | English Ordinal | Reverse Ordinal | Reduction | Sumerian | Chaldean |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 1 | 26 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| B | 2 | 25 | 2 | 12 | 2 |
| C | 3 | 24 | 3 | 18 | 3 |
| D | 4 | 23 | 4 | 24 | 4 |
| E | 5 | 22 | 5 | 30 | 5 |
| F | 6 | 21 | 6 | 36 | 8 |
| G | 7 | 20 | 7 | 42 | 3 |
| H | 8 | 19 | 8 | 48 | 5 |
| I | 9 | 18 | 9 | 54 | 1 |
| J | 10 | 17 | 1 | 60 | 1 |
| K | 11 | 16 | 2 | 66 | 2 |
| L | 12 | 15 | 3 | 72 | 3 |
| M | 13 | 14 | 4 | 78 | 4 |
| N | 14 | 13 | 5 | 84 | 5 |
| O | 15 | 12 | 6 | 90 | 7 |
| P | 16 | 11 | 7 | 96 | 8 |
| Q | 17 | 10 | 8 | 102 | 1 |
| R | 18 | 9 | 9 | 108 | 2 |
| S | 19 | 8 | 1 | 114 | 3 |
| T | 20 | 7 | 2 | 120 | 4 |
| U | 21 | 6 | 3 | 126 | 6 |
| V | 22 | 5 | 4 | 132 | 6 |
| W | 23 | 4 | 5 | 138 | 6 |
| X | 24 | 3 | 6 | 144 | 5 |
| Y | 25 | 2 | 7 | 150 | 1 |
| Z | 26 | 1 | 8 | 156 | 7 |
All five are modern conventions of English-language gematria and numerology sites, with no historical standard. Chaldean has no letter worth 9, and some Chaldean tables give X 6 and Z 8 instead.
Hebrew gematria letter values (standard, mispar hechrachi)
| Letter | Name | Value |
|---|---|---|
| א | alef | 1 |
| ב | bet | 2 |
| ג | gimel | 3 |
| ד | dalet | 4 |
| ה | he | 5 |
| ו | vav | 6 |
| ז | zayin | 7 |
| ח | chet | 8 |
| ט | tet | 9 |
| י | yod | 10 |
| כ ך | kaf | 20 |
| ל | lamed | 30 |
| מ ם | mem | 40 |
| נ ן | nun | 50 |
| ס | samekh | 60 |
| ע | ayin | 70 |
| פ ף | pe | 80 |
| צ ץ | tsadi | 90 |
| ק | qof | 100 |
| ר | resh | 200 |
| ש | shin | 300 |
| ת | tav | 400 |
The second letter in a cell is the final form, which counts like the ordinary letter in the standard system. The values 500 to 900 for the final forms belong to mispar gadol, which this tool does not calculate.
Greek isopsephy letter values
| Letter | Name | Value |
|---|---|---|
| α | alpha | 1 |
| β | beta | 2 |
| γ | gamma | 3 |
| δ | delta | 4 |
| ε | epsilon | 5 |
| ϝ ϛ | digamma, stigma | 6 |
| ζ | zeta | 7 |
| η | eta | 8 |
| θ | theta | 9 |
| ι | iota | 10 |
| κ | kappa | 20 |
| λ | lambda | 30 |
| μ | mu | 40 |
| ν | nu | 50 |
| ξ | xi | 60 |
| ο | omicron | 70 |
| π | pi | 80 |
| ϙ ϟ | koppa | 90 |
| ρ | rho | 100 |
| σ ς | sigma | 200 |
| τ | tau | 300 |
| υ | upsilon | 400 |
| φ | phi | 500 |
| χ | chi | 600 |
| ψ | psi | 700 |
| ω | omega | 800 |
| ϡ | sampi | 900 |
Capital letters and accented letters count as the plain lower-case letter. Wikipedia's isopsephy table does not mention the word-final sigma ς; counting it as 200 is this tool's convention.
Sample words in every system
| Text | English Ordinal | Reverse Ordinal | Reduction | Sumerian | Chaldean | Hebrew standard | Greek isopsephy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CalcChef | 41 | 175 | 32 | 246 | 31 | 0 | 0 |
| Gematria | 74 | 142 | 38 | 444 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| Hello World | 124 | 146 | 52 | 744 | 45 | 0 | 0 |
| חי | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| אמת | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 441 | 0 |
| שלום | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 376 | 0 |
| Νερων | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1005 |
| λόγος | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 373 |
A system scores 0 when the text has no letter of its script: the English ciphers read Latin letters only.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you calculate gematria?
- Give every letter its number from the system's table and add them up. In English Ordinal, Gematria is G 7 + E 5 + M 13 + A 1 + T 20 + R 18 + I 9 + A 1 = 74. The calculator does this for every system at once and lists the running total letter by letter for the system you choose. Copy breakdown copies that table, and Copy result copies all seven totals.
- What is the gematria of chai (חי)?
- 18 in Hebrew standard gematria: ח (chet) is 8 and י (yod) is 10. Vowel points are ignored, so חַי with its vowel mark gives 18 as well.
- What is the difference between English Ordinal, Reduction and Sumerian gematria?
- Ordinal counts A=1 to Z=26. Reduction (Pythagorean) runs 1 to 9 and starts again, so J is 1 and Z is 8. Sumerian is Ordinal times 6, so A=6 and Z=156. CalcChef gives 41, 32 and 246. None of the three has a historical source: they are conventions of English-language gematria sites.
- What numbers does Chaldean numerology give each letter?
- 1: A, I, J, Q, Y. 2: B, K, R. 3: C, G, L, S. 4: D, M, T. 5: E, H, N, X. 6: U, V, W. 7: O, Z. 8: F, P. No letter is 9. Some Chaldean tables give X 6 and Z 8 instead; with the table used here, Hello World comes to 45.
- What does "digits added down to one" mean?
- The total's digits are added, and added again, until one digit is left. CalcChef is 41 in English Ordinal, and 4 + 1 = 5; in Reverse Ordinal it is 175, then 1 + 7 + 5 = 13, then 1 + 3 = 4. The line is not shown for Sumerian, whose totals are all multiples of 6 and would only ever reduce to 3, 6 or 9.
- Do Hebrew final letters count as 500 to 900?
- Not in the standard system used here: ך ם ן ף ץ count 20, 40, 50, 80 and 90, like כ מ נ פ צ. The values 500 to 900 for the final forms are mispar gadol, a different method that this tool does not calculate.
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