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Common Number Use and Meaning in the Bible. There are a handful of numbers that commonly reoccur throughout the entire Bible, while other numbers generally do not occur at all. Their usage and grouping is far to ordered and to consistent throughout the Bible to be considered irrelevant or incidental.
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THE NUMBERS OF THE BIBLE NUMBER MEANING NUMBER MEANING 1 Unity 29 Departure 2 Union, Division, Witnessing 30 The Blood of Christ or Dedication 3 Resurection, Divine Completeness and Perfection 31 Offspring 4 Creation and/or the World, Unsaved Man 32 Covenant 5 Grace or God's Goodness 33 Promise
Thus, we see how four can be considered a number picturing the human weakness of man, especially in the light of all of God’s creation. In REVELATION 5:9 we find four divisions of the human race: (1) kindred, (2) tongue, (3) people and (4) nation.
So obviously, Bible numbers should be carefully considered. At least 12 numbers in the Bible stand out in this regard: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 12, 40, 50, and 70. In order to express this truth, one or two biblical examples have been given below.
Biblical numerology is defined as the study of the spiritual significance of numbers used in the Bible. A proper understanding of numbers is possible through the application of basic guidelines for the proper interpretation of all scripture. These include the following: The Bible must be discerned and interpreted spiritually.
The use of numbers in Scripture is a fascinating study all its own, not only because certain words and phrases do in fact occur mathematically consistent numbers of times, but the numerical values of words and phrases {'gematria'} themselves is significant.
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The "prince" of Bible numbers, it is used 562 times, including its derivatives (e.g., seventh, sevens). (See Genesis 2:1-4, Psalms 119:164 and Exodus 20:8-11 for just a few of the examples.) The number seven is also the most common in biblical prophecy, occurring 42 times in Daniel and Revelation alone.
