Properties of the number 42

Symbolism

• According to R. Allendy, this number represents "the antagonism in natural cycles. Here, the Spirit opposed to the matter, the good opposed to the evil, continue their fight in the oscillations of the world and result into the Karma - 4+2 = 6. It is the Karma or the Providence in the evolution - 42 = 6x7".

• J. Boehme calls this number "the Sky, place of the divine desire".

• Number representing a time of suffering and test, according to the Bible.

• In Japan, the 42 is a sign wearing misfortune because it is told SHI-RI, that has for homonymous the death.

Bible

• The 42 generations of Abraham to the Christ in the Gospel according to Matthew and the 42 generations of David to the Christ according to Luke. (Lk 3,23-38)

• The gentiles will trample the holy city during 42 month. (Rv 11,2)

• The 42 months where it was given to the Beast to act and to blaspheme. (Rv 13,5)

• The famine of the time of Elijah lasts 42 month. (Lk 4,25)

• The little children mocked of the prophet Elisha. This one curses them and the fierce animals come out of the forest killing 42 of them. (2 K 2,24)

General

• The current distribution of the Revelation is 22 chapters, adopted since the 13th century. But Swete (1909, deep commentator, scholar and pious) had divided it into 42 sections, in three series of 14, making thus the relationship with the 42 generations represented by the sum of the three series of fourteen generations starting from Abraham to the Christ. For this reason, he considered 42 as a Messianic number: the second advent of the Christ, whose speaks the Revelation, would be prepared by 42 divisions of time, just as the first had been it by the 42 generations of believing of the elected people.

• The Odes of Solomon are 42.

• In the Talmud it is written that the divine name of 42 letters is the greatest of the mysteries. These 42 letters contain the names of the ten Sephiroth.

• According to the book of the Dead Egyptians, the defunct, at his death, passes ahead of 42 judges.

• The Cabal speaks about the 42 Authioth.

• According to the Mesopotamian tradition, the surface of the Tower of Babel occupies 42 agrarian measures.

• The Ancient Egyptians had divided their country into 42 parts.

Occurrence

• The number 42 is used 8 times in the Bible.

• The numbers 11 and 15 are used 42 times in the Bible.

• On the whole, 42 books of the Bible use the number 7, whose eight in the NT.

• Nicephore, which deducted the words of the Greek original text of the Revelation, counted 42 proper nouns.

• The word star is used 42 times in the OT.

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42

by catalyst - 1/26/12 2:00 AM

i thought i was alone. i try to tell my freinds i see 42 everywere and they look at me like im mad. still dont know what to think. finding this page might have helped me a little.

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RE: 42

by the count - 2/01/12 4:06 PM

I have been seeing the number "42" a lot. I get up in the night at 2:42, my wife sent me a text at 10:42, I randomly shut the fuel pump off at $222.42. how and what is the meaning. So I just started researching the "42". yeah also the date on the fuel was 12/12/2011.

42

by Tony - 1/25/11 2:16 AM

I will tell you one thing; Do not be afraid. Be glad that you are priviledged to be amongst millions of people chosen. Most of you seeing these numbers ask yourself this; How has your life been over the years? Family, health, job, etc...
This number represents a turning point.Life is a repeat. We all have 3 strikes, and after that its all over.
Continue to do the things that you do. Most of you seeing these number are going through a very rough time, but still find a way to keep a smile on your face. Sometimes you even ask yourself where you got the positive energy from to move on the way you do... The number 42 is filled with huge amount of energy. We have been constructed by the greatest scientist of all. Such that words alone cannot describe His works, which is why most of us refer to it as miracle.
He knows each and every mind, and you are one of His.
There is a HUGE road ahead my friends, one lead to life and the other to destruction.
You already have a a stamp on life on your forehead. Now making... more...

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RE: 42

by Richie - 2/13/11 2:49 PM

May I have your email? I really need to share something with you, you seem to understand the number and we need your help...

RE: 42

by H 42 - 4/06/11 4:19 PM

Ohh my God I am so so so glad that I saw this blog. I thought I was going mad. when I dream its usually how it would turn out exactly or very very close. and I see 42 everywhere. everywhere. when I see my computer time its 99% of the time the minuets are 42 if I see a house door its 42 when I sit in a restaurant and see the numbers on the antique chair its 42 I recently tolled my friend to just keep an eye on it for me because I thought may be I am seeing it everywhere and its really not happening. because I experience dejavue too. and she is confirming it and she is the one that tolled me to goggle the number and what it means which led me to this lovely posts. please tell me more.(everything that you just described in your post is exactly me)

RE: 42

by Anonymous - 10/13/11 9:54 AM

Please may i have your email? im going trough some changes im my life and lately i remember everything i dream of, i guess im starting to understand whats this all about but this number keeps popping everywhere i look. I also started to know more about my friends family and people i know and realized that most of them are hidding something, but the weird thing is that suddenly i knew who i had to pay more atention to

RE: 42

by Sophia - 1/05/12 8:32 AM

Id like to know more

42 and 3 1/2

by David - 4/04/10 3:46 AM

A Son, a Male

The appointed time for the nations to rule without interruption by God came to an end in 1914. (Luke 21:24) Then, right on time, the woman bears her child: “And she gave birth to a son, a male, who is to shepherd all the nations with an iron rod. And her child was caught away to God and to his throne. And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and sixty days.” (Revelation 12:5, 6) The child is “a son, a male.” Why does John use this double expression? He does it to show the child’s suitableness, his competence for ruling the nations with adequate power. It also emphasizes how momentous, how joyous an occasion this birth is! It plays a key role in bringing the sacred secret of God to a finish. Why, this male child will even “shepherd all the nations with an iron rod”!

Now, does that expression sound familiar? Yes, Jehovah promised prophetically regarding Jesus: “You will break them with an iron... more...

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RE: 42 and 3 1/2

by Anonymous - 12/23/11 7:34 PM

THANK YOU

42

by brother in christ - 11/10/11 11:43 AM

had a carpenter in building me some cupboards, i had to nip out to get him some knobs to finish the doors off.....and my bill in B&Q came to £42.42p.....i'm not joking . i looked at the missus and said....look at that. you don't see that everyday on your bill

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Number 42

by Anonymous - 10/13/11 8:24 AM

Hi im form argentina, i started to see the number 42 a few months ago, at first i didnt give it any importance but something started to happen to me like long periods of distress panic attacks etc, then i broke up with my girlfriend, meet another girl who tried to commit suicide after we broke up, and well... i keep seeing the number 42 everywhere, clock licence plates billboards, every where. I think that something is trying to tell me something, for now i can only relate this thing with a moment of changing or break trough in my life. i hope it ends quickly

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oh for godsake

by Anonymous - 5/08/10 8:22 AM

it's just a number.

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RE: oh for godsake

by Anonymous - 7/04/11 7:35 AM

if you see a car you want to buy then you see that same car all the time, think of another number

...??

by Anonymous - 5/14/10 7:31 AM

is the number 42 bad, or scary, or just like...the answer to everything??

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RE: ...??

by Anonymous - 7/04/11 7:31 AM

i dreampt the skies openend and god said in a godly voice "42"

Revelation - Chapter 11

by Derek Devine - 5/17/11 8:09 PM

Perhaps where entering the tributlation period and thats why some of you are having visons or seeing the number 42 all the time. Do some research reading the bible, such as The Book of Revelation. Remember George Bush said about a New World Order that is dawning on us soon. When that happens, then the Antichrist will come and rule that ORDER! Do your homework...

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God came vision

by Janice.Lindo - 5/15/11 3:39 AM

Early within last year i had vision I was in heaven about to enter into pearly gates of heaven when I was giving the number 42! i did not understand but Jesus told I must go back and tell his people about him and his coming is soon.

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42 (The Letter of The Name of God) & 216

by Voln Gharst - 6/02/09 4:04 AM

216 is the Letter of the Name of God
Power of the Revival of the Dead
(3x power of Redemption)

See Colassians 2:16 **The summary of bible could be here*

42 is the Letter of the Name of God
Power of Creation
(the most mysterious)

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RE: 42 (The Letter of The Name of God) & 216

by Anonymous - 3/21/11 10:02 AM

I was watching the movie megamind and I notice a lot of "ocult signs"... The is always a pattern of three. He says "multiply it by six". The reporters and camera man have the numbers 28 and 42 which lead me to research and that's how I end up on this page. Freaky! Megamind is malign.

Scary. :(.. help

by whitney - 11/29/10 10:08 PM

I am so scared. My bestfriend, my mother, and i went to a chinese restaurant about 3 years ago.. We walked in, and saw a good friend, a cousin, and a Very old friend. we were compairing our "lucky numbers" on our fortunes, and we all had the number 42... my mom said she was going to buy a lottery ticket with 42 as the powerball... 42 was the powerball that week, but she never bought a ticket.. about 3 weeks later our good friend had died in a motorcycle accident... our cousins mom died... our old friend we saw there also died... and my bestfriends mom died also. :(. coincidence? i think not. :/. the 24th of nov.. was when my bestfriends mom died.. on the SAME day this year my bestfriends(who moved to a different town) extremely good friend got killed in a car acciedent... if anyone can think of a connection between 42 and 3.. PLEASE HELP. there are so many connections going on... and i have had 42 come up everywhere... my friend and i are speaking on the phone and when i looked at how long we had been on the phone... of course 42... :(. i used to wake up at 3:42 EVERY night. we are desperate for info. help if you can please.

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RE: Scary. :(.. help

by Brian - 12/06/10 10:25 PM

well the only connection between 42 and 3 that i can come up with is also something i've been pondering on myself. I've decided not to share my experiences with it. but a connection that i can see is 42 or 4+2 = 6 and the dividing that by 2 obviously 2,1,3 or 2+1 = 3 . ..either way it's definitle there. tell me what u think about it i'd like to talk to u more just on the thread.

RE: Scary. :(.. help

by whitney - 3/17/11 7:47 PM

i would also like to talk to someone some more on the issue... sorry for my late reply, but i have not been checking up lately... 42 has been popping up more than normal. i look at the clock almost every hour 3:42...7:42.... always. but i hope you check up soon... maybe an email would come to me faster. but i don't think i should give that info. out at this point. i will be checking up soon. i hope you do too. thank you very much. and yeah.. the connection is hard to make, but we are determined it is there. talk to you soon!

we we see 42

by Anonymous - 2/14/11 1:54 PM

I would like to weigh in on this 42 situation. I have been seeing 42 for a while now, and I am 43 now, and was 42 the previous year. I was afraid of turning 42 because I believed my life would change and I have already been gifted with the power of premonition and empathy. I am beginning to believe that is a change number, because being 42 was extremely challenging, think Job from the Bible here, but actually I needed to change, and it was good I changed... I am on an evolutionary journey, we all are...So now I am beginning to see 43 more often and I believe it is because I am more willing to accept God'd new life for me. and willing to put more energy in my new better wonderful life, than in my old sick pathetic 42 life.. and as I am follower of both Science of Mind and Law of Attraction, as well as Jesus, they believe this also.. we get what we think about..think about magnificent wonderful good things! Good everything! and 43! 43! 43! Good!

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42

by Anonymous - 12/12/10 7:37 AM

42 keeps on popping up everywhere and im even the 42 one to comment. its freaky

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RE: 42

by Anonymous - 1/10/11 10:23 PM

I see this number all the time it really is starting to get weird. Can someone give me some answers?

Thanks for the Info!

by Peregrine1911 - 1/04/11 2:10 PM

I had been researching what has been classified as one of the most bizarre Bible stories, that of Elisha, the two she-bears, and 42 children of Bethel. I am of the opinion that something was garbled in translation and even at that, it was never intended to be given a literal interpretation.

I think much of it could be answered by fields such as astrotheology. Right before this, Elijah is taken to heaven with two chariots and a whirlwind. There are many cultures in the northern hemisphere that speak of "chariots in the sky" and of whirlwinds. Look up at Ursa Major and Ursa Minor, and the optical illusion of "spinning" around Polaris. Sometimes they are called chariots, sometimes she-bears (involves the constellation of Virgo).

Still, I could not pinpoint what the 42 children might mean. In Sumerian mythologies, the number 40 was a sacred number attributed to Enki, a god of sweet waters, wisdom, magic, and civilization. So I tried "sacred number 42" and found this page.

So far it has been helpful. I... more...

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Bad feelings

by Anonymous - 12/31/10 10:42 AM

I am so relieved to have found this page and that I am not the only one. For the past 4/5 years I see the number 42 all over the place. I feel like im just going crazy sometimes but when I see it I get a really bad feeling almost like its a warning that something really bad is going to happen. I dont know how just the sight of a number can make me feel like that but im scared something really bad is going to happen in relation to that number.

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42

by TONY - 5/19/10 3:49 AM

I AM 41 AND IT FIRST STARTED WITH SEEING 111 AND THEN 444 AND FOR A WHILE NOW , I HAVE BEEN SEEING 333 AND 42. SURE MY LIFE HAS BEEN A JOURNEY, SUCH JOURNEY THAT MOST PEOPLE WOULD NOT UNDERSTAND. MY OWN MOTHER COMPARES MY JOURNEY TO THE ONE OF JOB IN THE BIBLE. I HAVE SEEN IT ALL, AND I MEAN SEEN IT ALL.
HOWEVER, I DO BELIEVE THAT THIS NUMBERS HAVE GOT TO MEAN SOMETHING AND I THINK ONE SHOULD PAY PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO THE THOUGHTS GOING THROUGH OUR MINDS WHENEVER THIS NUMBER(S) POP UP, AND THAT WOULD GIVE US AN INSIGHT INTO WHAT IT MIGHT ACTUALLY MEAN...
MY INSTINCT SAYS SOMETHING IS TRYING TO CONNECT WITH US OR TRYING TO CATCH OUR ATTENTION, OR SENDING A MESSAGE ABOUT SOMETHING.

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RE: 42

by Anonymous - 11/16/10 2:54 AM

when people feel threatenedor influenced on a personal level by mundane appearances and instances of objects which are virtually omnipresent in our everyday experiences its commonly known as insanity....

Conform, Shall We?

by Milk - 10/18/10 10:41 PM

I'm Milk, I'm fourteen.
For the past few years I've noticed the number 42 popping up here in there in my mind. When ever someone would ask me for an example using numbers, or said to pick a number, it was always 42, or 420, 4,200, or something along the lines of that. Then I started noticing that-not always-but many times when I checked the clock, there it was. ?:42. Now I see it everywhere. When I went to the hospital, 42 was my patient number. In-not one-but TWO of my classes, my book numbers were 42. Many times when I'm counting things-say random objects, there ends up being 42 of what ever it is I'm counting.

I asked a good friend of mine who's into numerogoly what he thought of my "Haunting". He searched some things about it, and said something from the bible, and simply told me I needed to respect my elders. I have much respect for this person's opinions, but I highly doubt that that was the case-just me being how I am. I don't and wont pass it off as nothing, because if it was nothing, I wouldn't notice it so boldly. Obviously something is trying to reach me-and appearently plenty of other people. I'm not too sure what to think of this.._."

-Milk

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keep seeing the number 42?

by 42424242 - 11/10/10 10:54 PM

wow i feel relieved that other people see 42, but seeing 42 everywhere is really scaring me and my family/friends. for instance just today at 1:42 pm i kid you not, the blue backlight on my clock just came on for no reason (battery clock across the room). like other people here i see 42 literally 10-15 times per day. honest to god it scared me enough to unplug the micro and the coffee pot and take the batteries out of my digital clocks but that particular day i still saw 42 a total of 8 times. i thought it was coincidence until i got a bill for 242 dollars from a tow company (the building number was also 242), my new license plate had 42, 42 in my phone number 242 in my parents number, my new niece was born at 1242 and the first digits of my mans social is 242. my ex mans birthday was 4/2. i thought maybe i was seeing it unconciously out of the corner of my eye but am seeing this number upon entering a room, looking at my phone etc. my fam and friends all believe me. i wonder if the answer to the universe and everything really is 42 ;) i started this post at 42 after i saw 9:42 on my phone i left in my car...

anyone have any theories? advice?

42, good or bad?

by lex ben - 9/23/10 2:19 PM

my "favorite number" has always been 42.

i think it had somthing to do with the fact that my brithday is 4-21.

but lately im not so sure its lucky.

my papa who died was born in 1942.
my uncle who died was #42 on his football team.
and i have a very close friend passed away yesterday on 10-22-10. 10+22+10= 42.

im getiing kinda freaked out.

but im also trying to convince myself tht my lost loved ones being connected with me through this number might be a good thing.
but im not sure what to think.

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RE: 42, good or bad?

by Running Deer - 10/05/10 4:00 PM

I dont know if the number is good or bad, I have always loved the number 6. My life changes in cycles like that.

42

by answerslie - 9/20/10 3:26 PM

sorry to sound like everyone else but this is slightly strange. The number 42 has been following me for a few years now and just recently, it's been cropping up more and more. I've had alot happening this year and it always seems to appear more when something is going to happen. I can't explain it but it does. It could be too much Hitchiker's guide to the Galaxy but I don't know. So I look into it on the internet and I find loads just through Google. Ask it the numerological meaning of 42 and it takes you to some somehow unsettling sites.

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How to understand the number 42 or any other numeric message.

by Rodo - 9/04/10 6:03 PM

OK people, here is a fact of functionality: if you really want to know why do you see the number 42, you need to let go of anticipation and discover why that number is showing up and what is the message behind it without little or none preconception of the outcome because it's something new. Simply take a deep breath and relax, in that state visualize the number 42 in your mind and wait peacefully for something but nothing in particular, after that you will provably see that there is more than just a simple perception of what could be but what it really is. Good luck!

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Forty-two

by Samantha Ann - 8/19/10 11:18 AM

This strange number has been following me like many others. I truly thought it was just me. I never told anyone about it but it was a constant gasp here and there when I say it. Finally I started telling my friends and asking if they had anything similar. They were completely oblivious. Every response was the same, "No, never. That's weird." It wasn't till about a few months later, one by one they started telling me that ever since I told them about it, they started seeing it. Now they feel as if they are crazy and are seeing things. I felt better at first that finally I wasn't alone! Now it's constant questions on why, what does it mean, and you started seeing it first, why won't it go away. I don't think it is a bad thing, but it kind of just becomes a part of my daily life. It is as common to me as breathing now. Take it easy everyone.

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RE: Forty-two

by Anonymous - 8/24/10 7:48 AM

Yes , I had the same problem but my friends still think im crazy ive been seeing it for about 4 years and theres nothing i do everysingle time i look at the clock its 11:42, not even that abut 6 houses i lives at was 42 and not until i noticed 42 i remembered those houses it creeps me out but like you said its like part of my life but i dont belive in good or bad luck so i dont know what it is when i see the number but, (Rivera) Pitches for the yankees and im a redsox fan his number is 42 and he dosent always beat us when he comes in the game so i know its not bad luck lol but this 42 thing is very intresting

42

by Anonymous - 6/30/10 4:42 AM

42 haunts me! ?:42 all day everyday i see the time! on the microwave ?:42secs left to go. my son was born at 12:42. and i see it in the most random places, tv mag is 42p! why?!!omg its 23:42

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RE: 42

by Anonymous - 8/05/10 12:52 PM

omg! me too!!! but my oldest son was born at 2:42....

kuq

by sam - 7/22/10 1:16 AM

wow im haunted to i thought im crazy one time in the er 42 was on my hospital braclit

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42??

by Anonymous - 4/05/10 5:36 AM

a few months ago i looked at the clock and saw the number 42, and then the next time i looked at the clock it would say 42, that happened again and again and again and it still is. i was realy freaked out by it and the main reason i started researching the number was when my i looked on my friends ipod and listened to the song 42 by coldplay. the lyrics werevery interesting. i saw it in all kinds of places, like one time i woke up in the middle of the night and the clock said 4:42. another time in the mall, i kept seeing it every where. and there are tv shows with names that have the number 42 in them and also something about death.

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RE: 42??

by Anonymous - 4/27/10 2:30 AM

Not a good sign :(

RE: 42??

by Anonymous - 6/30/10 11:55 AM

hi , my name is alex , the same thing is happening to me , everytime i look at a clock its 42 mins past , for a strange reason since i was young ive always had an obsecion with this number , and if u add all the letters up in my name (alex) it makes 42 ! coincedence or somthing else ?

42

by TONY ADEBS ([email protected]) - 5/19/10 3:55 AM

I DO BELIEVE THERE IS ANOTHER JOURNEY AFTER THE ONE HERE ON EARTH. IT DOES NOT END HERE, NEITHER DID IT BEGIN HERE. MOST PEOPLE WOULD NOT AGREE WITH ME, BUT MOST OF US HAS BEEN HERE BEFORE, WHILE FOR SOME IT IS THEIR VERY FIRST TIME. I AM CURRENTLY WRITING A BOOK ABOUT THIS AND I HOPE YOU WILL UNDERSTAND THE DEEPNESS OF THE WORLD WE ALL ARE IN WHEN YOU GET TO READ THIS BOOK AND IT MIGHT ENLIGHTEN YOU AS TO WHAT YOU MIGHT EXPECT WHEN YOUR LIFE IS ENDED TOO.

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