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Revelation uses the number twelve to refer to the number of angels (Rev. 21:14), number of stars (12:1), twelve angels at twelve gates each of which have the names of the twelve apostles inscribed (Rev. 21:12), the wall itself being 12 x 12 = 144 cubits in length (Rev. 21:17) and is adorned with twelve jewels, and the tree of life has twelve ...
The number seven was apparently the Egyptian symbol of such ideas as perfection, effectiveness, and completeness. Examples. Seven thousand barrels of red beer were used to trick Sekhmet out of killing. In her search for her husband's pieces, the goddess Isis was guarded by seven scorpions. A legendary famine lasted seven years.
The practice within Jewish tradition of assigning mystical meaning to words based on their numerical values, and on connections between words of equal value, is known as gematria. [14] The Mandaean number alphasyllabary is also used for numerology (Mandaic: gmaṭ aria). The Book of the Zodiac is an important Mandaean text on numerology. [15]
The number 9. Fear of the number 9 is known as enneaphobia, in Japanese culture; this is because it sounds like the Japanese word for "suffering". [4] [5] The number 13. Fear of the number 13 is known as triskaidekaphobia. The number 17. Fear of the number 17 is known as heptadecaphobia and is prominent in Italian culture. [6] The number 39.
17 is a Leyland number [3] and Leyland prime, [4] using 2 & 3 (2 3 + 3 2) and using 4 and 5, [5] [6] using 3 & 4 (3 4 - 4 3). 17 is a Fermat prime. 17 is one of six lucky numbers of Euler. [7] Since seventeen is a Fermat prime, regular heptadecagons can be constructed with a compass and unmarked ruler.
* Number of human species [clarification needed] 400,000 [13] [14] [15] Number of Manus who manifest in one kalpa (one day of Brahmā) fourteen Manus [16] Duration of one day of Brahmā: 1,000 chatur-yugas (4.32 billion years) Number of Manus who manifest during one month of Brahmā: 420 Manus [17] Number of Manus who manifest during one year ...
The meaning of spirituality has developed and expanded over time, and various meanings can be found alongside each other. [1] [2] [3] [note 1] Traditionally, spirituality is referred to a religious process of re-formation which "aims to recover the original shape of man", [note 2] oriented at "the image of God" [4] [5] as exemplified by the founders and sacred texts of the religions of the world.
[17] "All of God's creations are equal in number to the 12 tribes: 12 astrological signs, 12 months, 12 hours of the day, 12 hours of the night, 12 stones that Aaron [the high priest] would wear." [18] The Temple Mount could be accessed through twelve gates; Age of Bat Mitzvah, when a Jewish female becomes obligated to follow Jewish law