Gematria Letter Values — English, Hebrew and Greek Charts

Every gematria total is a lookup followed by an addition. These are the lookup tables. They are generated from the same data the calculator runs on, so a total you compute by hand from this page will match the tool exactly.

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English letter values

Seven English ciphers side by side. Ordinal is plain alphabet position; Full Reduction collapses each to a single digit; the two reverse ciphers run the alphabet backwards; Jewish, English Extended and Sumerian rescale it.

English letter values across seven ciphers supported by the calculator.
Letter	Ordinal	Full Red.	Rev. Ordinal	Rev. Red.	Jewish	Eng. Extended	Sumerian
A	1	1	26	8	1	1	6
B	2	2	25	7	2	2	12
C	3	3	24	6	3	3	18
D	4	4	23	5	4	4	24
E	5	5	22	4	5	5	30
F	6	6	21	3	6	6	36
G	7	7	20	2	7	7	42
H	8	8	19	1	8	8	48
I	9	9	18	9	9	9	54
J	10	1	17	8	600	10	60
K	11	2	16	7	10	20	66
L	12	3	15	6	20	30	72
M	13	4	14	5	30	40	78
N	14	5	13	4	40	50	84
O	15	6	12	3	50	60	90
P	16	7	11	2	60	70	96
Q	17	8	10	1	70	80	102
R	18	9	9	9	80	90	108
S	19	1	8	8	90	100	114
T	20	2	7	7	100	200	120
U	21	3	6	6	200	300	126
V	22	4	5	5	700	400	132
W	23	5	4	4	900	500	138
X	24	6	3	3	300	600	144
Y	25	7	2	2	400	700	150
Z	26	8	1	1	500	800	156

Sumerian is the simplest of these to remember: it is English Ordinal multiplied by six, which is why every Sumerian value is a multiple of six and why totals in the hundreds are routine.

The four core English ciphers

If you only ever use four, these are the four. Full detail on each is in the English gematria guide.

English letter values in the four core English ciphers.
Letter	Ordinal	Full Reduction	Reverse Ordinal	Reverse Reduction
A	1	1	26	8
B	2	2	25	7
C	3	3	24	6
D	4	4	23	5
E	5	5	22	4
F	6	6	21	3
G	7	7	20	2
H	8	8	19	1
I	9	9	18	9
J	10	1	17	8
K	11	2	16	7
L	12	3	15	6
M	13	4	14	5
N	14	5	13	4
O	15	6	12	3
P	16	7	11	2
Q	17	8	10	1
R	18	9	9	9
S	19	1	8	8
T	20	2	7	7
U	21	3	6	6
V	22	4	5	5
W	23	5	4	4
X	24	6	3	3
Y	25	7	2	2
Z	26	8	1	1

Hebrew letter values

Twenty-two letters in three bands, plus five final forms used at the end of a word. The four columns are the methods the calculator supports; the Hebrew guide explains when each is used.

Hebrew letter values. The last five rows are the final (sofit) forms.
Letter	Mispar Hechrachi	Mispar Gadol	Mispar Siduri	Mispar Katan
א	1	1	1	1
ב	2	2	2	2
ג	3	3	3	3
ד	4	4	4	4
ה	5	5	5	5
ו	6	6	6	6
ז	7	7	7	7
ח	8	8	8	8
ט	9	9	9	9
י	10	10	10	1
כ	20	20	11	2
ל	30	30	12	3
מ	40	40	13	4
נ	50	50	14	5
ס	60	60	15	6
ע	70	70	16	7
פ	80	80	17	8
צ	90	90	18	9
ק	100	100	19	1
ר	200	200	20	2
ש	300	300	21	3
ת	400	400	22	4
ך	20	500	11	2
ם	40	600	13	4
ן	50	700	14	5
ף	80	800	17	8
ץ	90	900	18	9

The final forms

These five letters change shape at the end of a word. The choice of method decides whether that shape change also changes the value.

The five Hebrew final forms and how the two main methods treat them.
Final letter	Mispar Hechrachi	Mispar Gadol
ך	20	500
ם	40	600
ן	50	700
ף	80	800
ץ	90	900

The practical effect is visible in a single word. שלום ends in a final mem, so Mispar Hechrachi gives ש(300) + ל(30) + ו(6) + ם(40) = 376 while Mispar Gadol gives ש(300) + ל(30) + ו(6) + ם(600) = 936 — a difference of 560, exactly the gap between mem at 40 and final mem at 600.

Greek letter values

Twenty-four classical letters plus three archaic ones that survived only as numerals: digamma at 6, koppa at 90 and sampi at 900. Without them the Greek system could not reach 900, so they remain in the table even though they dropped out of ordinary writing.

Greek letter values used for isopsephy, including the three archaic numerals.
Letter	Isopsephy	Greek Ordinal	Pythmenes
α	1	1	1
β	2	2	2
γ	3	3	3
δ	4	4	4
ε	5	5	5
ϝ	6	6	6
ζ	7	6	7
η	8	7	8
θ	9	8	9
ι	10	9	1
κ	20	10	2
λ	30	11	3
μ	40	12	4
ν	50	13	5
ξ	60	14	6
ο	70	15	7
π	80	16	8
ϙ	90	17	9
ρ	100	17	1
σ	200	18	2
τ	300	19	3
υ	400	20	4
φ	500	21	5
χ	600	22	6
ψ	700	23	7
ω	800	24	8
ϡ	900	24	9

Final sigma is worth 200, the same as medial sigma, so a word ending in sigma has the same total either way — which is why ιησους totals 888 regardless of which sigma form is typed.

How the three systems compare

Structure of the three alphabets used in gematria.
System	Letters	Highest letter value	Positional?
English Ordinal	26	26	No
English Full Reduction	26	9	No
Jewish Gematria	26	500	Yes
Hebrew (Mispar Hechrachi)	22 + 5 finals	400	Yes
Hebrew (Mispar Gadol)	22 + 5 finals	900	Yes
Greek Isopsephy	24 + 3 archaic	900	Yes

The positional systems — Hebrew, Greek and the English ciphers modelled on them — produce totals an order of magnitude larger than Ordinal, and totals dominated by a word’s highest letters. Non-positional systems spread the contribution evenly. Neither is more correct; they answer different questions, and comparing a total from one against a total from the other is a category error.

Checking a value by hand

Pick the table, read off each letter, add. T(20) + R(18) + U(21) + T(20) + H(8) = 87 in English Ordinal. The calculator shows the same breakdown under every result, so hand-checking is always possible.

Common questions

What are the gematria values of the English letters?

In English Ordinal, A=1 through Z=26. Other English ciphers reassign those values — Full Reduction collapses them to 1-9, Reverse Ordinal runs A=26 down to Z=1, and the positional ciphers use 1-10-100 bands.

What are the Hebrew letter values?

Aleph to tet are 1-9, yod to tsadi are 10-90, and qof to tav are 100-400. The five final forms are worth the same as their normal forms in Mispar Hechrachi, and 500-900 in Mispar Gadol.

What are the Greek letter values?

Alpha to theta are 1-9, iota to koppa are 10-90, rho to sampi are 100-900. Three archaic letters — digamma, koppa and sampi — survive only as numerals, filling the 6, 90 and 900 slots.

Why do Hebrew and Greek stop at different places?

Greek had enough letters, including three archaic ones, to reach 900. Hebrew has 22, which reaches 400; the five final forms were later pressed into service to extend the range to 900 in Mispar Gadol.

Are these values standardised?

The Hebrew and Greek values are, and have been for two thousand years. The modern English ciphers are not — different sources place the band boundaries differently, which is why a cipher name should always accompany a total.

Related guides

Gematria Value Calculator — apply every table at once to any input
English Gematria Calculator — the English ciphers explained
Hebrew Gematria Calculator — the four Mispar methods
Greek Isopsephy Calculator — the Greek numeral system
Gematria Calculator for Names — the tables applied to a personal name

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