Scriptural meaning of certain numbers

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How can I find out what the meaning of certain numbers mean in the Bible? Example: 37 = vamity, 7 = fullness, completeness,etc. I would like to find a Catholic web site that would give me this information.
 
Go to AgapeBibleStudy.com and check out this article:

The Site is Very Catholic:

Excerpt:
ONE: In sacred Scripture “one”, ehad, in Hebrew represents unity and is the quintessential number of monotheism, the worship of one God.
  • This concept of one as a unity of one God is expressed in the opening lines of the first profession of faith found in Scripture, the *Shema: “Hear O Israel, Yahweh our God, Yahweh is One” *Deuteronomy 6:4].
  • One as a cardinal number symbolizes Unity. The number One is indivisible and not made up of any other number representing the unity of the One true God in which there is no division
  • One as an ordinal number denotes primacy, sovereignty, divine completeness or perfection.
  • Christians recognized the number “one” in Scripture as symbolic of the First Person of the Most Holy Trinity, God the Father.
    **SIX: ** Both man and the serpent were created on the sixth day, therefore, the number six represents both man and rebellion.
  • 666 is the number of the Beast.
  • Man is commanded to labor 6 days Exodus 31:15]
  • The 6th commandment is the sin of murder Exodus 20:13]
  • The 6th clause of the prayer of the “Our Father” petitions that we not be led into sin and be delivered from evil. Matthew 6:13]
  • The world turned dark at the 6th hour Hebrew time (12 noon-1PM) when Christ was on the cross. In Roman time the 6th hour is 6-7AM, when Jesus was being tried by the Roman governor Pilate Gospel of St. John 19:14].
  • Jesus suffered on the cross for 6 hours (as he suffered that man might be saved); from 9AM, (see Mark 15:25) the hour of the first daily sacrifice in the Temple to 3PM, (see Mark 15:33-34; Mattew 27:45; Luke 23:44) the hour of the last sacrifice, and gave up His life at the beginning of the 7th hour (the number of perfection).
    SEVEN: Spiritual perfection and fullness or completion. It is the number of Covenant and of the Holy Spirit.
  • 7 is the second perfect number.
  • In Hebrew 7 is shevah (shebah) from the root shava (shaba or sheba), to be full.
  • God rested on the seventh day (Saturday) after creation Genesis 2:2]
  • To swear an oath in Hebrew is “to seven oneself”
  • There are seven gifts of the Holy Spirit (CCC#1831; Isaiah 11:1)
  • The sacred Menorah has 7 branches, six on each side of a central shaft, and 7 cup shaped lamps for the olive oil
  • There were 7 classes of furniture in the Tabernacle: Bronze Altar, Bronze Laver, Golden Menorah, Golden Table of the Bread of the Presence, Golden Altar of Incense, Ark of the Covenant, and the Seat of Atonement
  • The Tabernacle was built in 6 days and dedicated on the 7th Exodus 40:17]
  • It took Solomon 7 years to build the Temple in Jerusalem. 1 Kings 6:37-38]
  • There are 7 holy annual feast days in the Sinai Covenant Leviticus 23:1-44]
  • The Feast of Passover is the 1st month of the liturgical year but the 7th month of the civil year. Exodus 12:1-2]
  • The Feast of Tabernacles completes the cycle of Holy Days on the 7th month of the liturgical year.Leviticus 23:33-43]
  • There are multiple sevens in the Book of Revelation including
  • seven Spirits of God Revelation 4:5]
  • seven Seals Revelation 5:1]
  • seven Angels with Seven Chalices Revelation 15:5-7]
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Number in Scripture: Its Supernatural Design and Spiritual Significance by E. W. Bullinger (1837-1913)

philologos.org/__eb-nis/

just scroll down and click on the number of interrest.

Bullinger put together the ultimate work on this topic.
 
I have always found this discussion amusing. As a boy I recall an old country western song in which a young man criticized for playing cards explained how each number and face card in a standard decks reminded him of persons or things in scripture. Ace, one God; King, King of Heaven; Queen, Mary etc.
 
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