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Gematria, Greek

Table of Greek letters and their values

No.	Greek letter	trans- literation	value	name	extended value	simple value
1	Α, α	A	1	αλφα, alfa	532	1
2	Β, β	B	2	βητα, beta	311	2
3	Γ, γ	G	3	γαμμα, gamma	85	3
4	Δ, δ	D	4	δελτα, delta	340	4
5	Ε, ε	E	5	εψιλον, epsilon	865	5
6	ς	-	6	διγαμμα, digamma	99	6
7	Ζ, ζ	Z	7	ζητα, zeta	316	7
8	Η, η	E	8	ητα, eta	309	8
9	Θ, θ	T	9	θητα, theta	318	9
10	Ι, ι	I	10	ιωτα, iota	1111	1
11	Κ, κ	K	20	καππα, kappa	182	2
12	Λ, λ	L	30	λαμβδα, lambda	78	3
13	Μ, μ	M	40	μυ, mu	440	4
14	Ν, ν	N	50	νυ, nu	450	5
15	Ξ, ξ	X	60	ξι ,ksi	70	6
16	Ο, ο	O	70	ομικρον, omikron	360	7
17	Π, π	P	80	πι, pi	90	8
18	-		90	qoppa
19	Ρ, ρ	R	100	ρω, ro	900	1
20	Σ, σ	S	200	σιγμα, sigma	254	2
21	Τ, τ	T	300	ταυ, tau	701	3
22	Υ, υ	U, Y	400	υψιλον, ypsilon	1260	4
23	Φ, φ	F	500	φι, phi	510	5
24	Χ, χc	X	600	χι, chi	610	6
25	Ψ, ψ	Ps	700	ψι, psi	710	7
26	Ω, ω	W	800	ωμεγα, omega	849	8

A peculiarity of the Greek gematria is that letters σ, sigma, and τ, tau are usually combined in a digamma compound with the value 6. Example is the word σταυρος, cross, which has a gematrical value

ΣΤΑΥΡΟΣ = 200+300+1+400+100+70+200 = 1271
or with digamma (στ=6):

ΣΤΑΥΡΟΣ = 6+1+400+100+70+200 = 777
Extended values are obtained from the value of names of letters, and Greeks were also fond of simple values which were obtained by reduction:

10 = 1+0 = 1, 22 = 2+2 = 4, ... 888 = 8+8+8 = 16 = 1+6 = 7.

Examples

Epistle of Barnabas gives the value of the Greek letters IH and T:

Barnabas 9:6 Learn therefore, children of love, concerning all things abundantly, that Abraham, who first appointed circumcision, looked forward in the spirit unto Jesus, when he circumcised having received the ordinances of three letters.

Barnabas 9:7 For the scripture saith; And Abraham circumcised of his household eighteen males and three hundred. What then was the knowledge given unto him? Understand ye that He saith the eighteen first, and then after an interval three hundred In the eighteen 'I' stands for ten, 'H' for eight. Here thou hast JESUS (IHSOYS). And because the cross in the 'T' was to have grace, He saith also three hundred. So He revealeth Jesus in the two letters, and in the remaining one the cross.

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Table of Greek letters and their values

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