Gematria Decoder
Type a word and decode it into its number under every applicable cipher at once. Each result opens to show exactly how the total was built, letter by letter.
What Decoding a Word Means Here
To decode a word in gematria is to turn it back into the number it was always carrying. Hebrew and Greek letters were digits before they were anything else, so every word in those alphabets already has a numeric reading sitting underneath its ordinary one; decoding just surfaces it. English letters were never numerals, so decoding an English word means applying one of several modern ciphers built for the purpose. Either way, this page runs the applicable ciphers automatically and shows the sum behind each one, rather than handing you a bare number to take on faith.
Decoding a Word Versus Decoding a Number
These are opposite operations, and the same word, "decoder", gets used for both, which is where most of the confusion starts. This page does the first.
Word to number
You supply the word. The decoder returns its value in every applicable cipher, with the arithmetic shown. Deterministic: the same word always decodes to the same numbers.
Number to word
You supply a total. A search runs against a stored database of other people's past entries, returning anything on record that matches. This needs a server collecting submissions, which this site does not run.
If it's the second one you actually want, Gematrix.org keeps a public database built exactly for that. Worth remembering what such a database is, though: a log of what other users typed, not a verified or curated list.
Reading the Decoded Result
Each card above is one cipher. The large number is the total; the line beneath it is the reduced value, the digital root reached by adding the total's digits together until one remains. Open a card and every letter's individual contribution is listed, so the decoded total can be checked by hand against the reference charts rather than trusted blind.
A Decoded Example
Decode TRUTH in English Ordinal: T=20, R=18, U=21, T=20, H=8, summing to 87, which reduces to 8+7=15, then 1+5=6. Decode אמת (emet, "truth") in Hebrew: alef 1, mem 40, tav 400, giving 441. Two decodings of a related idea, in two alphabets, producing two unrelated numbers - because a decoded value belongs to a specific word in a specific cipher, not to the concept behind it.
Decode a Specific Script
Hebrew Decoder
All four classical methods, final letters handled correctly.
English Decoder
Seven ciphers, including Ordinal, Reverse and Pythagorean.
Greek Decoder
Isopsephy values with accents and breathings stripped automatically.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does a gematria decoder actually do?
Two different things go by that name. One decodes a word: you type it, and the tool returns its numeric value under one or more ciphers, with the letter-by-letter working shown. This is what that word means here. The other kind decodes a number: you type a total, and the tool searches a database of previously submitted words and phrases for anything that matches it. This site does the first, not the second.
Why doesn't this decoder search for matching words?
Because it stores nothing. Every calculation runs in your browser and nothing you type is sent to a server, logged, or added to a database, which is also why there's no database to search. That's a design choice, not a missing feature: a reverse-lookup tool needs a server collecting everyone's input, and this one deliberately doesn't have one.
Where can I find a number-to-word gematria decoder?
Gematrix.org is the largest of these: it keeps a public, searchable database of phrases other users have typed, indexed by their gematria value. Worth knowing what it actually is, though - a record of what people entered, not a curated or verified list, so a phrase appearing there means someone typed it, nothing more.
Does decoding give one number or several?
Several, deliberately. A word doesn't have one gematria value, it has one value per cipher. This decoder runs every cipher that applies to the alphabet it detects - up to fourteen across Hebrew, English and Greek - rather than picking one and hiding the rest.