40
Number — gematria and numerology meaning
Forty is a number of testing and preparation in the Bible: the flood lasts forty days and nights, Moses spends forty days on Sinai, the Israelites spend forty years in the wilderness, and Jesus fasts for forty days in the desert. The Hebrew letter mem has the value 40, and the length of Lent, forty days not counting Sundays, follows the same pattern. The English word "quarantine" comes from the Italian quaranta giorni, "forty days." It reduces to Four.
In numerology, forty is read as a number of foundations laid slowly and of patience through a long period of testing, which follows the many biblical periods of waiting.
Number facts
- 40 is a composite number. Its prime factors are 2^3 × 5.
- In numerology it reduces to a single digit: 4+0=4. The root number is 4, and many numerologists read repeated-digit numbers through that root.
Other numbers in this dictionary are listed on the numbers index.
More number entries
Want the value of a different word or name? Use the gematria calculator, which covers eleven ciphers, or compare with the numerology calculator.
← Back to the full dictionary