What is the Meaning of 9 in the Bible?

Answer 1

The subhead of the recently published novel, The Ninth Generation, - Conquering the Giants, speaks of a race of beings described in ancient history who were ultimately destroyed. Their once fearful size is strongly supported by the manuscript evidence of Deuteronomy 3:11 - "For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; behold, his bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbath of the children of Ammon? Nine cubits was the length thereof…" Based on the length of a cubit, Og must have stood at least thirteen feet high. Was the recorded length of the ancient giant's bed - nine cubits - a Scriptural connection with judgment? That I am not sure, but they were ultimately removed from this earth - the first time by the flood, then later by Joshua, David, and others God used.

Some scholars have attached numerical values to the letters of the Hebrew and Greek alphabet, a science known as Gematria. In analyzing the ancient books of Moses (The Torah), they have discovered that verses pertaining to judgment - as the judgment of Sodom - are characterized by values that are multiples of nine. The sieges of Jerusalem also happen to number twenty-seven (9 x 3). According to Bullinger, it is the number signifying finality or judgment. For those wishing to study this in more detail, Bullinger's classic work, Number in Scripture, is recommended.