In this article, a list of some key sacred names and concepts is accompanied by their isopsephic value. In ancient Greek, the letters of the Greek alphabet were also used to symbolize numbers. Eventually, it became natural to look at the numbers symbolized by the names of things. The practice of counting the number values of the spelling of the names of things in ancient Greek to come up with a single number is called isopsephy. The numeric values of the names of people, places, things, and concepts were calculated using one of the most common alphabet derived number systems. The list in this article is subjective, especially when it comes to sacred concepts. The names and concepts listed are ordered from least to greatest value, starting from 1 and moving on to 100, 200, and so forth. Also, please note that there are more than one way to spell the names of deities. So, in some cases there are a few numbers assigned to one god.
I. 0-100
Earth 9, 11, 15
Baal 34
Athena 69
Athene 76
II. 100-200
Ra 101
Rhea 106
Hera 109
III. 200-300
Hades 213
Hades 223
Themis 264
Sword 298
IV. 300-400
Selene moon 304
Ares 309
Selene 308
The moon 309
Guardian spirit 305
Helios 318
Janus 331
Hecate 334
Pallas 342
The Pallas 350
Hermes 353
Mithras 360
Victory of truth 360
Monad 360
Mithras 365
Nymph 366
Hercules 367
Monad 369
Abrasax 365
Nile 365
Daimones 380
V. 400-500
Pan 401
Thoth 419
Isis 420
Evil 420
Hygeia 429
Demeter 454
Cybele 465
Nut 469
Demeter as Ceres 468
Wealth 480
The decad 482
Ieou 485
Bacchus 492
VI. 500-600
The good 504
Kronos 510
Nemesis 510
Hestia 528
Priapus 541
Cytheriae 550
VII. 600-700
World, Universe 600
Success, Well-doing 600
Prophet 601
Stars 602
Triad 611
Zeus 612
Delphi 619
Sun + Moon, Helios +Selene 619
Perfect, complete 620
The Iynges 621
Justice 623
Thought, reasoning 623
Keph-Ra 626
Olympia 631
Purity 632
One initiated 654
Artemis 656
The archangel Raphael 640
Soul, mind, heart, understanding 658
Sirius, the dog-star 665
Buddha 681
The archangel Michael 689
True sun 696
VIII. 700-800
Mind 720
Anubis 733
God over all 740
Pythian 769
The abyss 751
Hephaestus 795
IX. 800-900
Sophia 806
Io 810
The ineffable 849
X. 900-1,000
Demiurge 905
The hours 911
Moses 918
Ambrosia and nectar 931
Self, alone 971
Aphrodite 993
XI. 1000-4000
Dawn 1005
Apollo 1011
Egypt 1064
Adonis 1065
Eros 1105
The Microcosm 1110
The Macrocosm 1110
Iota 1111
Nepthys 1164
Horus 1170
The omega 1219
Poseidon 1219
Teletarchs 1352
Savior, redeemer 1416
To act with free will 1457
Foundation, matter 1461
Most high, the highest 1486
Synoches 1525
Psyche; soul 1708
Pluto 1730
Jesus Christ 2368
The Pleroma of God, the Fullness of God 2683
Sum of the 24 letters of the Greek alphabet 3999
Bibliography
- Kieren Barry. The Greek Qabalah. Samuel Weiser. York Beach. 1999.
Photo Credits
- The Greek letter Alpha. Public domain.
- The Erechtheum on the Acropolis, Athens, Greece. Photo by GPierrakos.
David has studied traditional astrology since 2014. The Bay Area native completed Chris Brennan’s Introduction to Hellenistic Astrology course, and attended courses taught by Austin Coppock, Nina Gryphon, and Ryhan Butler. He is interested in exploring the less well known aspects of astrology, divination, and spirituality.