Specification 1.0 · July 2026

Gematria Calculator Methodology

A public, reproducible account of what the calculator counts, what it normalizes, and what it refuses to infer.

1. Calculation boundary

Each recognized letter is mapped to the value table named below and summed. Spaces, punctuation, numerals, emoji, vowel points, accents, and cantillation marks do not add value. The visible result includes every counted character.

2. Strict and assisted handling

Strict mode calculates only the scripts actually entered. Assisted mode may suggest an exact Hebrew or Greek form when an English gloss or transliteration matches the curated biblical-word index. It does not machine-translate, reconstruct, or guess a spelling.

3. Supported methods

hebrew

Hebrew Standard

Mispar Hechrachi: א–ט are 1–9, י–צ are 10–90, and ק–ת are 100–400. Final letters retain their ordinary values.

hebrew

Hebrew Final-Form

Mispar Gadol convention: the five final forms ך, ם, ן, ף, and ץ may be counted as 500–900.

hebrew

Hebrew Ordinal

Mispar Siduri: letters are counted by alphabet position from Aleph 1 through Tav 22.

greek

Greek Isopsephy

Traditional Greek alphabetic numerals, including stigma/digamma, koppa, and sampi where they occur.

latin

English Ordinal

A modern reference system that counts A=1 through Z=26. It is not an ancient biblical-language method.

latin

English ×6

A modern English cipher that multiplies ordinal values by six: A=6 through Z=156.

latin

English Reduction

A modern repeating 1–9 reduction applied to the English alphabet.

latin

English Reverse

A modern reverse ordinal reference: Z=1 through A=26.

4. Source and interpretation boundary

Reverse-lookup entries identify a biblical-language form and an example verse where that form occurs, using Westminster Leningrad Codex reference forms for Hebrew and SBL Greek New Testament reference forms for Greek. The verse is a provenance pointer, not a claim that the passage teaches a numerical meaning. English ciphers are labeled modern and are not presented as ancient biblical methods.

5. Permanent results and privacy

A result URL is created only when the visitor chooses Share. The entered text is stored in that URL so another reader can reproduce it. Analytics record the detected script, method count, handling mode, and share action—not the entered word, phrase, or calculated value.

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The widget is responsive, keyboard accessible, and served from the same versioned calculation engine as the primary reference.

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