Greek Gematria Calculator
Greek gematria, known as isopsephy, reads each letter of the Greek alphabet as a number and adds them together to give a word its value. Enter Greek text below to see the total with the value of every letter shown. The complete letter chart, including the archaic digamma, qoppa and sampi, is further down the page.
Examples with Interpretations
What isopsephy is
Like Hebrew, Greek had no separate numerals for much of its history. The letters served as numbers, so a word could be read as a quantity. Alpha is 1, Iota is 10, Rho is 100, and the sequence runs to 900. Adding a word's letters gives its isopsephy value.
The practice is attested well outside scholarly circles. Graffiti at Pompeii pairs names with numbers, and Greek magical papyri and early Christian writers use letter totals in their commentary. Greek letters take values from 1 to 900, including the archaic letters digamma (6), qoppa (90) and sampi (900).
The arithmetic is fixed and reproducible. What a shared value means is a matter of interpretation, and this calculator reports the numbers without asserting a connection. For the Hebrew counterpart of the same idea, see the Hebrew gematria calculator.
Worked examples
Each sum is shown in full so it can be checked by hand. Accents are ignored, and a word-final sigma counts as 200 like any other.
Alpha(1) + Gamma(3) + Alpha(1) + Pi(80) + Eta(8) = 93
love, in the sense of selfless regard
Lambda(30) + Omicron(70) + Gamma(3) + Omicron(70) + Final Sigma(200) = 373
word, reason, the term opening the Gospel of John
Iota(10) + Eta(8) + Sigma(200) + Omicron(70) + Upsilon(400) + Final Sigma(200) = 888
Jesus, the name behind the early Christian reading of 888
Chi(600) + Rho(100) + Iota(10) + Sigma(200) + Tau(300) + Omicron(70) + Final Sigma(200) = 1480
Christ, anointed
Alpha(1) + Lambda(30) + Eta(8) + Theta(9) + Epsilon(5) + Iota(10) + Alpha(1) = 64
truth
Sigma(200) + Omicron(70) + Phi(500) + Iota(10) + Alpha(1) = 781
wisdom
Greek gematria chart
All 27 letters with their isopsephy value. The three archaic letters are marked. Sigma takes the same value, 200, in its final form ς.
| Letter | Name | Value |
|---|---|---|
| α | Alpha | 1 |
| β | Beta | 2 |
| γ | Gamma | 3 |
| δ | Delta | 4 |
| ε | Epsilon | 5 |
| ϛ | Digamma (stigma)archaic | 6 |
| ζ | Zeta | 7 |
| η | Eta | 8 |
| θ | Theta | 9 |
| ι | Iota | 10 |
| κ | Kappa | 20 |
| λ | Lambda | 30 |
| μ | Mu | 40 |
| ν | Nu | 50 |
| ξ | Xi | 60 |
| ο | Omicron | 70 |
| π | Pi | 80 |
| ϟ | Qoppaarchaic | 90 |
| ρ | Rho | 100 |
| σ | Sigma | 200 |
| τ | Tau | 300 |
| υ | Upsilon | 400 |
| φ | Phi | 500 |
| χ | Chi | 600 |
| ψ | Psi | 700 |
| ω | Omega | 800 |
| ϡ | Sampiarchaic | 900 |
The three archaic letters
The classical Greek alphabet has 24 letters, but the number system needs 27 to cover 1 to 9, 10 to 90 and 100 to 900. Three letters that had left everyday writing kept their place as numerals: digamma at 6, qoppa at 90 and sampi at 900. They explain why the chart jumps from epsilon (5) to zeta (7) and from pi (80) to rho (100) in the modern alphabet. Ordinary Greek words do not contain them, so they only matter if you paste them in deliberately.
Greek and Hebrew compared
The two systems share a design: letters in alphabetical order take the values 1 to 9, then tens, then hundreds. Hebrew stops at Tav, 400, while Greek reaches 900 through the archaic letters. Hebrew gematria also has variants such as Mispar Gadol and Hebrew Ordinal, which the Hebrew calculator reports side by side. Greek isopsephy has a single standard system, which this page reports. To see Hebrew, English and Greek values for the same text together, use the main gematria calculator.
Frequently asked questions
What is Greek gematria?
Greek gematria is called isopsephy, from the Greek for equal pebbles. Each letter of the Greek alphabet stands for a number, and the values of a word's letters are added to give the word a total. Alpha is 1, Iota is 10, Rho is 100 and Omega is 800. Words that share a total were treated by some ancient writers as connected, and the practice appears in graffiti, magical texts and early Christian commentary.
How is Greek isopsephy calculated?
Replace each letter with its value and add the values together. The first nine letters are 1 to 9, the next nine are 10 to 90 in tens, and the last nine are 100 to 900 in hundreds. The name Ἰησοῦς is Iota(10) + Eta(8) + Sigma(200) + Omicron(70) + Upsilon(400) + Final Sigma(200) = 888.
What are digamma, qoppa and sampi?
They are archaic letters that dropped out of everyday Greek writing but stayed in the number system. Digamma (ϛ, also called stigma) is 6, qoppa (ϟ) is 90 and sampi (ϡ) is 900. Without them the 24 letters of the classical alphabet would leave gaps at 6, 90 and 900. The calculator uses them as values, but you will rarely type them, because ordinary Greek words do not contain them.
Does the final sigma change the value?
No. The sigma (σ) and the final form used at the end of a word (ς) both count as 200. The calculator converts a word-final sigma to ς for display and counts both the same way.
Do accents and breathing marks matter?
No. Accents, breathing marks and diaeresis carry no numerical value, so the calculator strips them before counting. Pasting polytonic text such as ἀλήθεια gives the same result as the unaccented ἀληθεια.
What is the difference between Greek isopsephy and Hebrew gematria?
Both assign values to letters in alphabetical order and add them up, and the standard Hebrew system runs from 1 to 400 while Greek runs from 1 to 900. They differ in the alphabets, in the number of letters (22 Hebrew against 27 Greek including the archaic three) and in tradition. Hebrew gematria belongs to Jewish textual scholarship, while isopsephy is attested in Greek and Roman inscriptions and in early Christian writing.
Can I calculate Greek gematria from English letters?
Yes, but the result is an estimate rather than a fixed value. English input is transliterated into Greek first, so the total depends on how the word is spelled in Greek. The calculator shows the Greek spelling it used and lets you correct it. For a reliable value, paste the word in Greek.
Is the Greek gematria calculator free?
Yes. It runs in the browser on any device and needs no account, signup or payment.