365 (New Year) in Alphabetics Bible Code

by Sterling D. Allan
Copyright © Greater Things
January 1, 2003

Back in 1996 I discovered a code in the alphabetical sequence of words.  The code is most prominent in relation to scriptural texts and dictionaries or lexicons.  The Hebrew Old Testament and Greek New Testament lexicons number their words so that those who do not know the language can look up word definitions.  It turns out that the associated numbering of the words in their alphabetical sequence, and even the pagination, astonishingly, contains prophetic commentary on our day, on doctrine, on specific people, places, events, developments, etc.

 

One of the best examples of this code is in relation to the New Year celebration.

 

The logical number to look up in this context is 365, the number of days in the year.

 

I have here in my office a lexicon to the New Testament that lists every word in the Greek New Testament, no more, no less, and numbers them according to their alphabetical sequence.  (Zodhiates, Spiros; Complete Word Study Dictionary: New Testament)

 

The 365th word is "ananeoo" with definition: "To renew, make young."  That antonym for this word means "to make worn out, old."

 

I can hardly think of a more suitable word in relation to ringing in the new year.  The word "ananeoo" even sounds a bit like "annual."  Also, the spelling of this Greek word begins with the letter alpha and ends with the letter omega -- the beginning and the end, signifying a complete cycle or year.

 

Another phenomenon I discovered with this code that I came to call "Alphabetics" is that words in vicinity to one another alphabetically very often have relation to a given word.

 

The word just before definition 365 above, for example, is "364 anamnesis -- Remembrance; a commemoration; a memorial."

 

The definition following 365 is so fitting it is humorously astonishing:  "366 ananepho -- To awaken out of a drunken sleep and become sober."  The antonym words listed are "(812), behave in a disorderly manner; (3886), to enfeeble; (3182), to be drunk; (2114), to be merry."

 

On PAGE 365 of my New Testament Lexicon (Zodhiates) are several relevant words to the new year.

1083 gennesis Birth, nativity. Ant. (5054), an end, termination.

1084 gennetos Born, brought forth. Deriv. artigennetos (738), newborn.

The 365th word in my Old Testament lexicon (Gesenius) is

365 'ayeleth Hind, a loving address of a woman. Ps. 22 "on the hind of the dawn.  Compare 2 Sa. 1, "hind of the dawn," probably was the morning sun itself shedding its first beams.

Herein is a little play on words.  While "hind" here is in reference to an animal, like a doe, the word "hind" in English also means "behind."  So in the phrase "hind of the dawn" is the hidden meaning of "that which is behind and that which is newly arriving," consistent with the idea of 365.

Like word 365 in the New Testament lexicon, this word 365 in the Old Testament lexicon also begins with the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet and ends with the last, conveying the idea of beginning and end, the complete cycle or full year.

The main word on page 365 of Gesenius' Hebrew-Chaldee Lexicon to the Old Testament is 

3381 yarad To go down, to descend.  One is said to descend, not only in going down from a mountain, but generally whoever goes from a loftier place or region to one less elevated.

On a mundane level, this brings to mind the dropping of the ball in Times Square, New York, on New Years' Eve, which city is said to be the capital of the world.

However, a more significant meaning here is in reference to he who we celebrate as having come in the flesh 2000 years ago from his exalted state in heaven to the lowly manger.  Immanuel.  This is the event around which the world-wide celebration of the new millennium was chronicled.

At the top of page 365 of James Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible are the headings "Former" and "Forth," the former being the first entry on the previous page, and the latter being that which is the last entry on the latter page.  Appropriately, the have the meaning of "former" and "latter" -- "old" and "new."

The first phrase on page 365 of The New Webster Encyclopedic Dictionary of the English Language from the heading "get" on the previous page is "drunk, to become intoxicated," which has obvious application to New Year's Eve celebrations.

Give it a whirl.  Look up some numbers that are of significance to you.  See if maybe the Bible might have some hidden commentary about you and your life, encoded in the alphabetical sequence, and the numbers related thereto.

For some tips on how to proceed, go to
http://www.greaterthings.com/Intro/alphabetics_tools.htm