The number 70 in gematria
Significance in the sources
יין (yayin, “wine”) is י 10 + י 10 + ן 50 = 70, and סוד (sod, “secret”) is ס 60 + ו 6 + ד 4 = 70. Rabbi Chiya puts the two together: “wine was given in seventy, and secret was given in seventy; when wine enters, secrets come out” (Sanhedrin 38a; also Eruvin 65a).
The Midrash uses the same value to say there are “seventy aspects to the Torah” (Bamidbar Rabbah 13:16). The letter ע (ayin) is 70.
Hebrew words with the value 70
| Word | Strong’s gloss | Strong’s no. |
|---|---|---|
| בַּחִין בחין | tower | H971 |
| גַּאֲיוֹן גאיון | haughty | H1349 |
| הֲלִיכָה הליכה | walking, procession, march | H1979 |
| הָסָה הסה | hush | H2013 |
| יַיִן יין | wine, intoxication | H3196 |
| יָלַל ילל | howl, yell; howl | H3213, H3214 |
| כִּילַי כילי | niggardly | H3596 |
| כֵּן כן | set upright, just, rightly; so; stand, pedestal, station; gnat (Aramaic) | H3651, H3652, H3653, H3654 |
| לַיִל ליל | twist, night, adversity | H3915 |
| נִהְיָה נהיה | lamentation | H5093 |
| סוֹד סוד | session, company, intimacy | H5475 |
| סָחַב סחב | trail | H5498 |
Names with the value 70
- אדניה Adonijah H138
- זבינא Zebina H2081
- זוזים Zuzites H2104
- ידון Jadon H3036
- כל חזה Col-Chozeh H3626
- מכי Maki H4352
- נחבי Nachbi H5147
Words and glosses: Strong’s Hebrew Dictionary via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0). Values are for the consonants only; vowel points are ignored. Check any of them in the calculator, for example בחין, גאיון, הליכה.
About the number 70
- 70 = 2 × 5 × 7.
- Its digit sum reduces to 7 (Mispar Katan Mispari).
- As a Hebrew numeral, 70 is written ע׳. See Hebrew numerals.
English words with Ordinal value 70
accuser, acetonic, address, advert, affordable, airfoil, airsick, allegro, alumni, amazon, anarchy, antedate, antigen, antler, apiary, applet, apply, arguer, arsenal, atelier, auntie, averse, avouch, avowed, babysat, backdrop, backtrack, beanpole, bellhop, beseecher, besieger, better, bewitch, biodegrade, bitten, blandly, blatant, blazon, bluffer, boarding, boldly, bonnet, brazer, breadboard, breadline, breakneck, briefing, bruit, burlap, camelhair, carjacker, carotid, castoff, caterer, caviler, certain, cesium, chasten, cheaply, cherish and 301 more.
English Ordinal (A = 1 … Z = 26) is a modern cipher with no link to Hebrew gematria; see the English gematria calculator.