Properties of the number 88

Symbolism

• The number eight being the symbol of the infinity, 88 symbolizes the double directions of the infinity of the universe, that is to say the infinitely small and the infinitely large.

• The number 88 is the numbered representation of the cross swastika - three times cranked. Symbolically, this cross represents the eternity or the cosmic Christ, and it is allotted to the number 16. And, by theosophical reduction, 8 + 8 gives 16.

General

• It is the period of revolution, in number of days, of the Mercury planet around the Sun.

• Among the abbreviations used in telegraphy and in telephony, and which are employed universally, we find the number 88 meaning "love and kisses".

Gematria

• By using as the correspondence table A=26, B=25, ..., Z=1, we find that, in French, "Dieu Un" (God One) gives 88.

Occurrence

• The cardinal number 7 is used 88 times in the NT.

• The sum of the occurrences of all the numbers of the New Testament multiple of 5 and written under their cardinal form gives 88. And the sum of the occurrences of all numbers multiple of 13, which are in the Bible of Jerusalem or in the NRSV, gives also 88.

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8 has followed me forever!

by LV - 6/08/10 2:00 AM

I was born on 8-8-88 and this has been my favorite number my whole life. It follows me everyday all day! I'm doing a study an working on a sleeve all on the symbolic meaning of 8!

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RE: 8 has followed me forever!

by Born and Marked with 88 - 1/25/11 1:51 PM

wish I could check out the sleeve

RE: 8 has followed me forever!

by Anonymous - 10/19/11 5:07 PM

I was also born in 88, chinese year of the dragon, also I see 333 everywhere! Are you a woman or man?

88

by jack in the green - 10/14/11 5:24 AM

....and another thing....theres always someone smarter than yourself.....which is good . the day we know everything life becomes boring.

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88

by jack in the green - 10/14/11 5:22 AM

whatever the numbers say ....JUST LET LOVE LEAD THE WAY. always be a 999. by the way its all in the alphabet to.

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Comment on all the comments on relating 88 to violence and the first murder Cain and Able

by Mark UK June 2011 - 6/30/11 2:43 AM

When looking at any numerology and metaphysical stuff you often find what you look for, as we are co-creators 0f our own realities and we have a certain amount of freewill so we can CHOOSE how we see the meaning of the numbers, the numbers themselves are just numbers just as rain is rain and energy is energy, however our personality ego perspective of a number depends upon our "programming" (glass half empty, glass half full). Rain is rain there is no such thing as bad weather, if you plant potatoes you want rain if you want a barbecue and it rains you say the weather is bad.
Extreme weather is viewed as extreme because we insist on going about our normal daily business against the flow of nature when really we should be out of there or stay away or in doors, and when houses and cars are damaged we are distressed because of the ego personality attachment to material objects and money and to measure our success or how happy we persuade ourselves we are. Symbolism of 88 includes a reminder of duality (we live... more...

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ETERNAL LOVE = 88 RESURRECTION THRU JESUS 888

by A8OM - 6/25/11 8:33 AM

88 = ETERNAL LOVE = THE SECRET IS LOVE - LOVE IS THE SECRET

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RE: ETERNAL LOVE = 88 RESURRECTION THRU JESUS 888

by Anonymous - 6/26/11 1:20 AM

Do the numbers on the word LOVE and you will learn more.

Love and Light

by 88 the Alien - 2/12/11 6:28 AM

It brings me joy and peace to see more beings recognizing the truth of numbers! Numbers are everything and everything is numbers. this understanding will bring mankind closer to understanding the truth behind there origins and destinations. Through 88, you can find the link between here and there. In other words, life and death or the Heavens and Earth(s). This will bring you to the door that leads to discovering what truly is in space, the Universe. 88 is what links religion to science. 88 is the Rosetta Stone that allows you to translate the bible to what has and is happening in the heavens/space! Welcome to the other side. I AM your tour guide, 88 the Alien a.k.a. G2 : Just Beautiful...

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RE: Love and Light

by Anonymous - 2/20/11 1:14 PM

i am King Kona.D....leader of the Greaterz88z....the number came to me in a dream shortly after i began my path on life...teach me what you know...contact me soon or forever lose the chance to share your knowledege with the world.....

yeye

RE: Love and Light

by Alienzone88 - 3/17/11 10:25 PM

lol touche, re name, I dreamt of it, the number 88, it was so very important that I had to succeed in my 'task' whatever that was.....

RE: Love and Light

by Anonymous - 6/20/11 8:47 AM

Sacred Knowledge and Science and Spirituality and Religion. Not religion and science alone. To separate SN and SR = chaos.

years months days

by Anonymous - 6/04/11 8:46 AM

On 8th june its been 8 years, 8 months, 8 days on 8th =8888 since I seen 'GOD'

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8888 death.

by dorian( 8 ball) - 5/03/10 1:44 AM

Is what my son had embroidered on his skate cap. He drowned as associates stood by and rfused to help him @ 16 yrs old 3.25.2007. He had a brand on his rt arm of an 8, an 8 ball belt buckle he wore with everything,an 8 ball necklace that he never got wet or slept in, the row in the cemetary where he lies is 17 and he was my youngest and 8th child only four survived,17 letters in his whole name and he was born in August. Everything about him was 8. Now this has blown me away. He told me he had unfinished business to handle and that someone would die, he left everything that he usually carried with him at home and smiled very nervously as he walked away from 7:30 pm March 24,2007.

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RE: 8888 death.

by Born and Marked with 88 - 1/25/11 2:07 PM

He lives on through 8 or 88 with the rest of us, this site has made sure that other people know this as well. I have never gone searching for anything on the net.....yet was drawn here. I have a feeling alot of visitors here are highly developed right brained individuals who have basically learned that their is some higher reason we are all tied to this number. Sounds crazy but their is no doubt in my mind your sons thoughts and ideals are a continuous thread that binds us all together almost a potential kinetic energy. I too know I will die by water, I told my father this when I was four years old, I moved to the desert when I was 18 to get away from it........10 years later I am a merchant marine who has chosen to be at sea for months on end, you cant fight fate, you can only enjoy what your given, it sounds like your son lived life to the fullest and for that I know you can be happy for him.

Much Love

88

by Anonimous - 8/06/10 12:30 PM

Degenen die denken dat 88 van "origine" voor Heil Hitler zou staan, moeten er eens over nadenken wat voor heilige symbolen uit allerlei culturen er door de Nazi's zijn misbruikt, om ze door dat misbruik nooit meer te willen/kunnen associëren met het Goede. Zou het kunnen zijn, dat het belangrijk onderdeel van hun tactiek uitmaakt...? Leven wij heden ten dage niet in een wereld waar alles anders is, dan het lijkt...? Zelfs de Swastika representeert van origine in het Hindoeïsme en Jaïnisme het Goede. Het is heiligste symbool uit het Hindoeïsme en Jaïnisme en wordt tevens gebruikt in het Boeddhisme. Zou het dan ook kunnen zijn dat 88 oorspronkelijk met het Goede geassocieerd werd...?

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RE: 88

by Netan'el - 8/20/10 7:23 AM

God leidt alle dingen. Ook getalssymboliek Getallen betekenen verschillende dingen in verschillende culturen. Bijbelse getalssymboliek krijgt een aparte functie binnen de Bijbel - vaak bevestigd door buiten Bijbelse gebeurtenissen - waarbij de getalssymboliek orthodox Bijbelse standpunten bevestigd.

Zo is het ook met de 88. De enkele 8 komt vele malen voor in de Bijbel en staat voor behoud, denk aan de 8 zielen op Noachs ark, aan de 8 hoeken die er zijn in het cubusvormige Heilige der heiligen, aan de Achtste Dag, etc. De 888, de triple acht, staat voor Iésous, Jezus. Het woord Jezus komt meer dan 800 keer voor in het NT. Jezus is Behoud.

Omdat God totale voorkennis heeft en actieve en passieve voorbeschikking, heeft hij 88, het getal van geweld, zowel in de Bijbel, als bij Hitler tot getal van GEWELD gemaakt. De 88 is pas een code geworden bij de neo-nazis, die 88, voor HH, voor Heil Hitler, op wc-deuren kalkten. Vanuit die 88 voor HH, ontdekte ik dat de 88 ook al in de Bijbel verstopt zat. Toen ik ging... more...

RE: 88

by Anonymous - 10/01/10 6:24 PM

so that's the meaning of my favorite numbers....

RE: 88

by Der Mann - 11/30/10 12:14 PM

Entschuldigung über die Sprache! Was Sie durch "Gewalt" ausdrücken, nenne ich "die Schreckensgestalt des Wahrheits". Die Wahrheit als Dunkel. Gericht Gottes vielleicht morgen ankommen wird, aber es wirkt täglich auch. Am Ende steht das Recht nur, aber täglich auf sein Schatten bleiben wir. 88 erinnert uns davon!

"Conflict"

by Der Mann - 11/30/10 11:08 AM

Quote: "Well ... you're really explaining the 8 ... not the 88 ... 8 = Salvation & New Beginning, 88 = Violence, 888 = Jesus"
...Quite nice. That fits well, with my experience and theory (both limited), and also with my "automatic feeling" (which is, I daresay, trenchant). I'd just modify "Violence" to the more general "conflict." All three numbers (8, 88, 888) are about god in action; in between, as in 88, there's bound to be conflict/strife/violence. Cheers!

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Number 88

by Anonymous - 8/10/10 1:10 AM

I heard that number 88 symbolized lesbians

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RE: Number 88

by Anonymous - 10/28/10 1:13 AM

I see the 88 or 888 or even the 8888 everywhere but as of late they are coming in at more rapid and faster pace. I hate to mention it to those around me for fear that they will think that I've lost my mind. I'm glad to read these comments to see that I'm not. I cannot figure out the meaning of what I'm seeing but I know it has to mean something. The usual way is on a license plate, most often the 88 or other is seen on the very end of the numbering. Often on a white truck or van. A lot of times they would pull right in front of me as if to be sure that I see it. I can drive off from being stationery not looking at any plates but then I have this feeling to look and low and behold I see the
88 (most often) on a plate. Every day.. all the time.... constant. My email address contains 88 that was selected over 10 years ago before I even saw the number in this fashion. I hope to find the meaning of what I'm seeing. They are so strong now that I know the answer has to be forthcoming soon as well...

RE: Number 88

by Castor, Pollux, and the Bull - 11/29/10 7:31 PM

05/22/1988 my birthday
I see the mile marker everywhere I go.. 88..8...
My band was called 88
I'm a Gemini 88
I've even seen a town eighty eight Kentucky look it up... I'm from KY
oh and my best bluff ever in poker.. pair of 8's
weird huh lol ....
I was once a evangelist minister .. what's up with all the biblicle 88's

8888 Phenomena is true

by Endavigh - 6/14/10 1:06 AM

I see this number almost everywhere since months...and I have no logical or psychological explanation for that. I see the number when I less expect it!

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RE: 8888 Phenomena is true

by Esther - 10/13/10 11:38 PM

"I was born on 8/12/1988 and the Lord told me that I would be a voice of rule and dominion" and 12 has to do with order being established in government and such haha and 8 by itself means new beginnings ;)

RE: 8888 Phenomena is true

by Anonymous - 10/19/10 7:50 PM

i see it aswell all the time idk y

RE: 8888 Phenomena is true

by SmilyfaceSadface - 10/21/10 2:27 PM

My birthday is 27/11/1988.

88

by Anonymous - 10/08/10 11:36 AM

my birth number is 8 and so does my name numerology and that is odd... I just hope it is lucky enough for me.

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The number 88

by Jimmy88 - 8/07/10 3:39 AM

I also see, think, have yet to dream (may tonight ;) about 88. I do not know what this "symbol" is suppose to mean to me, to any of us...but no doubt, it means something important. Urgent. I see this number the strangest of times. While driving (of course of plates) but more "symbolic" or what makes me feel like there is some message behind me seeing this when I happen to glance at the odomter (miles traveled in your car gauge) and there is an 88 it in. Now, how often do YOU look at your odometer? What makes you look at it? Your answers you probably had to put a bit of thought behind. I hardly every look at the odometer, and usually when I "feel" like I should compare it to the sticker on my windshield from the oil place reminding me to change it. In short, the past 4, maybe 5 times I have looked at my odometer, the numbers 88 are in it. Most likely, and somewhat creepy, is that when I look at the speedometer, quite often of course, my subconcious mind is of course seeing the odometer as they are in the same... more...

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Hitler and AH, and 88.

by 888 - 7/03/10 6:20 AM

Dear Inquirant ( 88 / license plate lady of german descent ),
Per your anecdote and the matter of AH . Adolf Hitler took that name because it had the numerological value of 333 incontained within it. He intentionally wished to pervert it by using its power against its innate Nature, which is Christic. This made the nazi revolution the anti-christic agency. Hitler's real name is Alois Shicklegruber, which has nothing to do with 333 in its innate sense. Do not be frightened, and embrace, rather the Truth over the lie. Be Your Self.

All my Love .

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RE: RE: RE: 88

by Netan'el - 6/29/10 5:16 AM

Well ... you're really explaiing the 8 ... not the 88 ...
8 = Salvation & New Beginning
88 = Violence
888 = Jesus, Iësous

As 1 is the number of God and of good ... 2 is the number of evil, of Satan ... The 2 has also a double meaning, as it is also the number of Jesus ... who took all the sins (evil) upon Himself.

So, in the series 8, 88, 888 ... we see a deviating meaning for the two digits ... 88 ... The 8 is positive, Salvation ... The number 88 is mainly negative, violence ... The number 888 is Jesus, Iésous in Gematria.

1 = God (positive)
11 = folly (negative) - (the positive 11 is resurrection)
111 = perfection, as it is the number 7 in the binary system

6 = man
66 = the Word, 66 books (for man)
666 = number of the Beast, a man

So, even if the number 88 is formed by two digits, by two eights ... the 88 itself has mainly a negative meaning ... violence ...

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Number 88

by I am the 88 - 6/06/10 9:58 AM

I was born in the first of july 1988. that is 1/7/1988.
1+7=8 and I'm an 88.
so COOOOOOOL!

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RE: RE: 88

by Netan'el - 1/21/10 8:44 AM

-I speak Dutch, German, French and English. Germans do not have a different alphabet. They have the same 26 letters as we have in English. The a with umlaut, ä, is still the first letter of the alphabet ... with umlaut.
-According to Christ in the Sermon on the Mount to call someone an IDIOT is an act of VIOLENCE, comparable to murder. Apparantly the info about 88 made you very VIOLENT ... proving the point.
-The best flying ace ever, a German, who shot more planes than anyone else, shot 352 planes in World War II, 352 = 4 x 88 ... using a lot of violence.
-There is a lot more. I have only touded the tip of the iceberg, 88% is still below the water ...
-Radoactivity creates violent reactions of the body ... stay away from RA88

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RE: RE: 88

by Sevi Regis - 5/04/10 2:16 AM

This is a truly fascinating discussion with much thought behind it. Thanks for posting your insights. One thing we always want to remember, and that is, that for every negative or demonic attachment or claim to any particular number or thing, that God has His divine version, meaning, purpose, and rendition of the same object, quantity, etc...

That said, 88 on the "lighter" side of understanding represents "a new day and/or week" (8) multiplied by God's law and/man's righteous responsibility (10). So this number can also herald the prophetic coming of the Messiah to His earthly tabernacle, which granted, will be preceded by much violence. But it doesn't stop with the ugliness, it persists until the ultimate glorious fulfillment.

Remember Pharoah's magicians were able to copy/counterfeit the staff to serpent miracle, but whose staff/serpent gobbled up the other one? The man of God indeed (Aaron and Moses effectively).

Thus 88 also represents a new era of righteousness and godly "symmetry" that all the world will come up from all sides to honor and worship the Creator of all things.

CRAZYY

by Brent. C - 4/30/10 8:31 AM

So, i see this number 88 alot. It pops up out of no where! dosent matter where im at or what i choose to do, once in a while it pops up. one day i was walking back from school, and this girl got off her bus, her soccer shirt number was 88, i thought "kinda crazy" then i wanted to take a new way home, so i walked another way around, and ran right into a flagg that said 88 dale hrt jr. Big as can be!! well sometimes ill just see the number 88 when im having a good time. who knows how it will apeer next time, and i wonder why i honestly run into this one number alot. this is just for example! i seen it more times. and continue to see it. something about the number 88, maybe god wants me to find something out? maybe i just notice it now cause i put my law of atraction o it. idk!!!! but its kinda CRAZY

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88

by Moe - 3/29/10 5:54 AM

I also see this number 88 in my life often. I see it more than anything and I never even look for it. Just seems to pop up in my life for some reason. My friend noticed that I would use this number a lot in my normal talking habits and called me out on it one day and ever since then I have seen it pop in and out of my life. The strange and painful part about this number to me is now when I see it i think of my friend who is no longer with us. He passed away last year in my house for no damn reason. Turned 30 and just freaking died on the couch watching TV. He always told me he was writing a book about my crazy life I have and the day I cleaned out him room I found this book. It started like this, 88 minutes ago he released. Not sure what he meant by that and I will never know but the book turned out to be very funny but was not complete.

I suppose i will never know the meaning of this number and I suppose it's time to lay it to rest with my friend. I will just notice it from this day forward with a smile and use it and a great memory.

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88

by its evil thats for sure - 2/18/10 1:08 AM

I read the quran often to get a better sence of my life and this exsistance. and i found out that satan was menshend exactly 88!! times. and this book is a miracle of allah. this is a subliminal message in the holy book.

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Number 88

by Jeannie - 9/29/09 8:10 AM

My birth name in numerology comes out to be 88.. that is odd.

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RE: Number 88

by Robyn - 2/02/10 7:45 AM

My full name in numerology is also an 88.To me, its the right use of power. 8's in traditional numerology are about money, power and authority.And it is not a number to be taken lightly. It reduces to the karmic number of 16,which turns into a 7.If one uses their God-given power(88) aligned to the Higher Will(7), then the number 88 is one of power with understanding & benevolence.But on the flip side, if one uses that power for selfish reasons & hurts others to rise to a position of authority, they will be accruing some Karma, hence the 16(the lightning struck Tower of Babel).Its all a matter of choice, free will.

SOOOO WEIRD

by curious - 1/30/10 10:57 AM

i have been seeing this number for quite some time now. i know people say they see it on license plates but i see it literally on everyone and not ones that are far away, they always make their way right to me. i am always behind one, getting behind one, getting cut off by one, parking behind one etc. multiple times i go to work and when i park in the completely full parking lot of the shopping center, the one spot open is next to an 88. yesterday i went snowboarding, parked in the lot right behind an 88. but i kid you not this is one of hundreds of occurrances. The last two days have been bad with this number. after leaving the mountain i drove home and dropped my friend off. Following her leaving, i saw 5! cars with 88 just on my ten minute drive home. They were next to me and infront at different times! i got to the point where i was checking the other letters and numbers infront and behind the 88 cuz i was like, "is that the same car? it has to be? is there really another one??" this happens everytime i... more...

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RE: SOOOO WEIRD

by Netan'el Otten - 2/02/10 3:48 AM

Dear So Weird,

The Biblical meaning of 88 is VIOLENCE. In the 88th verse of the Bible Kain killed Abel, the 2 times 88th verse from the back is verse with the number of the Beast in it (666), Hail Hitler, HH, is 88, Psalm 88 is gloomy, negative and mentions violence a lot.

But that's it! Full stop or period as you'd say! The 7 means perfection, biblically speaking, the 40 means trial, testing and the 3 is heaven and the 4 is earth ... biblically speaking ... no more. God teaches through numbers, days, colours (the tabernacle was dominated by blue, red and white), feasts, nature, calendars, etc. But that's it, teaching.

Someone who lives at number 88 is not necessarily a violent person - my Godfearing grandfather lived at 88 - and someone living at number 7 is not necessarily perfect, neither is someone living at 8 saved. He or she could be, but that has nothing to do with the house number. Neither are all those cars with 88 on the licence plate out to get you! Many German surnames begin with H and... more...

88

by Anonymous - 11/20/09 11:28 AM

88 corresponds to the letters in the alphabet, HH meaning Heil Hitler and is worn by people to show that they have Far Right political views.

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RE: 88

by Netan'el - 11/20/09 7:51 AM

The number 88 is the number of violence. I discovered this over the past ten years, and it is indeed linked to the HH, the 8th8th letters of the alphabet meaning Adolf Hitler. But is also linked to God and to the Bible. God foreknew Adolf Hitler, his name, his Heil Hitler, his HH, his 88. The latter 88 really became a code amongst neo-nazis and they do indeed want violence, like the nazis and like Adolf Hitler.

Now where is the link with the Bible? I discovered that God hid a lot of information in the numbering of Bible verses and Bible chapters. An interesting thing to do is to continue the verses in Genesis as if there were no chapters. What do we get for the 88th verse of the Bible? "And while they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him (Gen 4:8)". The first murder of history! Violence! Even the first genocide: 25% of mankind was killed! And Hitler, HH, 88, was all about violence, attacking, murder and genocide!

The number 88 is very much attached to Hitler's violent... more...

RE: RE: 88

by Anonymous - 12/21/09 8:05 AM

man....seriously...what the hell are you talking about.
Point 1. You've gotta be objective in order to convince some one.
Point 2. Wikipedia is not evidence
Point 3. I don't know about you but Radium's radioactivity wan't born to be VIOLENT on living things. If you think the Radioactivity stalks you and waits for the right moment to beat you up with a baseball bat...dude, your on the wrong dimension.
Point 4. Germans have a different alphabet since they use Umlauts...so it doesnt have to be HH..
Point 5. Your new lucky number should be 9.4.9.15.20 ;)..
yeah hail 9491520.
Point 6. Thanks for your time

Lucky 88

by Vivian - 10/23/09 3:32 AM

88 is a lucky nimner of mine, I'm doing a project on it

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RE: Lucky 88

by Anonymous - 10/26/09 7:45 AM

I am also doing a project on number 88 because it is my lucky number!