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Why is 77 a holy number?

In religious numerology In certain numerological systems based on the English alphabet, the number 77 is associated with Jesus Christ. CHRIST is C = 3, H = 8, R = 18, I = 9, S = 19, T = 20, which added together equal 77.

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Natural number

77 (seventy-seven) is the natural number following 76 and preceding 78. Seventy-seven is the smallest positive integer requiring five syllables in English.

In mathematics [ edit ]

77 is:

the 22nd discrete semiprime and the first of the (7×q) family.

a Blum integer since both 7 and 11 are Gaussian primes. [1]

the sum of three consecutive squares, 4 2 + 5 2 + 6 2 . + 5 + 6 . the sum of the first eight prime numbers.

the number of integer partitions of the number 12. [2]

the largest number that cannot be written as a sum of distinct numbers whose reciprocals sum to 1. [3]

the number of digits of the 12th perfect number.[4]

It is possible for a sudoku puzzle to have as many as 77 givens, yet lack a unique solution.[5] It and 49 are the only 2-digit numbers whose home primes (in base 10) have not been calculated.

In science [ edit ]

The atomic number of iridium

The boiling point of nitrogen (in kelvins)

The temperature, in Fahrenheit, some characteristics of semiconductors are specifically given in a datasheet (77 °F = 25 °C).

In history [ edit ]

During World War II in Sweden at the border with Norway, "77" was used as a shibboleth (password), because the tricky pronunciation in Swedish made it easy to instantly discern whether the speaker was native Swedish, Norwegian, or German.[6]

In religion [ edit ]

In the Islamic tradition, "77" figures prominently. Muhammad is reported to have explained, "Faith has sixty-odd, or seventy-odd branches, the highest and best of which is to declare that there is no god but God, and the lowest of which is to remove something harmful from a road. Shyness, too, is a branch of faith." While some scholars refrain from clarifying "sixty-odd or seventy-odd", various numbers have been suggested, 77 being the most common.[7] Some have gone so far as to delineate these branches.[8] The Gospel of Luke lists 77 generations from Adam to Jesus.[9] In the Gospel of Matthew Peter asks, "How many times shall I forgive my brother?". Jesus replies, "Seventy-seven times." However this was not intended as literal quantitative instruction. Additionally, depending on the manuscript used for a given New Testament eclectic[10][circular reference] translation, the result is 77 or 490 (70*7) as it is seen in the King James Version. In the Book of Genesis, Chapter 4, Lamech says to his wives, "hear my voice..hearken unto my speech; for I have slain a man for wounding me, and a young man for bruising me; If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold."[11]

In religious numerology [ edit ]

In certain numerological systems based on the English alphabet, the number 77 is associated with Jesus Christ. CHRIST is C = 3, H = 8, R = 18, I = 9, S = 19, T = 20, which added together equal 77. 'Liber 77' is the gematrian name for Liber OZ- a brief but popular publication by Aliester Crowley. The word 'oz', which means 'strength', is composed of two hebrew letters- ayin and zayin, which have gematrian values of 70 and 7 respectively, thus adding up to 77.

In other fields [ edit ]

Seventy-seven is also:

References [ edit ]

Media related to 77 (number) at Wikimedia Commons

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