The number 8 in the Bible — New Beginnings · Beyond Nature
שְׁמֹנֶה
Eight is seven-plus-one: the first day of a new week, the step beyond completion into new creation. Circumcision enters the covenant on the eighth day; eight souls came through the flood into a washed world; David was the eighth son; Shemini Atzeret is the eighth-day assembly. Yeshua rose on the first day of the week — the eighth day — and in Greek gematria His name sums to 888. Chet begins chai, life, and chesed, covenant love.
Where 8 shapes the story
Gen 17:12 — Circumcision on the eighth day
1 Pet 3:20 — Eight souls saved through water
Lev 23:36 — Shemini Atzeret — the eighth-day assembly
1 Sam 16:10-13 — David, the eighth son
Associations
Resurrection — the eighth dayThe name Iēsous = 888 (Greek gematria)New creation beyond the natural week
Occurrences
Gen 5:4Gen 5:7Gen 5:10Gen 5:13Gen 5:16Gen 5:17Gen 5:19Gen 17:12Gen 21:4Gen 22:23Exod 22:30Exod 26:2Exod 26:25Exod 36:9Exod 36:30Lev 9:1Lev 12:3Lev 14:10Lev 14:23Lev 15:14Lev 15:29Lev 22:27Lev 23:36Lev 23:39Lev 25:22Num 2:24Num 3:28Num 4:48Num 6:10Num 7:8Num 7:54Num 29:29Num 29:35Num 35:7Deut 2:14Josh 21:41Judg 3:8Judg 12:141Sam 4:151Sam 17:122Sam 23:82Sam 24:91Kgs 6:381Kgs 7:101Kgs 8:661Kgs 12:321Kgs 12:331Kgs 16:292Kgs 8:172Kgs 10:362Kgs 15:82Kgs 22:12Kgs 24:121Chr 12:121Chr 12:241Chr 12:301Chr 12:351Chr 15:211Chr 16:381Chr 23:3+57 more in the app