Definitions for gematria

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gematria ge·ma·tri·a

Spelling: [guh-mey-tree-uh]

IPA: /gəˈmeɪ tri ə/

Gematria is a 8 letter English word.

You can make 326 anagrams from letters in gematria (aaegimrt).

Definitions for gematria

noun

1. a cabbalistic system of interpretation of the Scriptures by substituting for a particular word another word whose letters give the same numerical sum.

Origin of gematria

1685-95; Hebrew gēmaṭriyā Greek geōmetría geometry

Examples for gematria

And let us now assume a point in dispute in order to illustrate how it is solved by gematria.

Yet, by the Kabbalistic rules of gematria and Temurah might they not be exhumed?

You mentioned some works on the numerical Cabbala, the gematria (I think) they call it.

Machlah by gematria equals eighty-three; and all may be avoided by an early breakfast of bread and salt and a bottle of water.

The word is a cabalistic cryptogram—an instance of gematria—for Babel.