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42 in Gematria — Meanings, Phrases & Names

What the number 42 is associated with in English gematria: documented phrase matches, decoder research notes, and every catalog name whose gematria totals 42.

Quick facts about 42

42 reduces to 6.
Digit sum: 6.
15 documented phrase associations in the GEMAFIA associations database.
29 names in the Murdered By Numbers catalog total 42 in at least one cipher.
7 documented public figures in the catalog died at age 42.

Documented phrases and concepts tied to 42

Phrases	Cipher	Why it matters
Freemason	Reduction	Freemason = 42 in Reduction.
Bus	Ordinal	Born ‘Clifford Lee Burton’, a name having Gematria of 86, corresponding with ‘blood sacrifice’, he would die in ’86, on the Jesuit Order’s birthday. Fittingly, he was on the ‘Master of Puppets’ tour with Metallica, having Gematria of 78, the same as ‘Jesuit’, when he was involved in the fatal bus crash in ‘Sweden’ that
Nine	Ordinal	Let us now decode the numbers ‘five’ and ‘nine’, noticing how they both connect back to the number 42, as follows: Five = 6+9+22+5 = 42 (O); Nine = 14+9+14+5 = 42 (O)
Jesuit	Reverse Reduction	Jesuit = 8+4+8+6+9+7 = 42 (RR); G = 42 (Satanic) Freemason = 6+9+5+5+4+1+1+6+5 = 42 (R); G = 42 (Sumerian) *Satanism = 10+1+2+1+5+9+10+4 = 42 (R, S10)
History Big Bang Spaceship Freemason Knowledge Outer Space Deep Thought	Reduction, Ordinal, Reverse Reduction	Deep Thought = 5+4+4+2+7+1+3+6+2+1+7 = 42 (RR) Outer Space = 6+3+2+5+9+1+7+1+3+5 = 42 (R) Spaceship = 1+7+1+3+5+1+8+9+7 = 42 (R) Freemason = 6+9+5+5+4+1+1+6+5 = 42 (R) History = 8+9+1+2+6+9+7 = 42 (R) Knowledge = 2+5+6+5+3+5+4+7+5 = 42 (R) Big Bang = 2+9+7+2+1+14+7 = 42 (O) G = 42 (Sumerian); G = 42 (Satanic)
Birthday	Reduction	Birthday = 2+9+9+2+8+4+1+7 = 42 (R); 7/17/2016 = 7+17+(2+0+1+6) = 33 Gavin Long = 20+26+5+18+13+15+12+13+20 = 142 (RO); Forty-Two = 142 (O) President Obama = 16+18+5+19+9+4+5+14+20+15+2+1+13+1 = 142 (O) Black Lives Matter = 7+6+8+6+7+6+9+5+22+8+5+8+7+7+22+9 = 142 (RR, E22) Convos with Cosmo = 3+15+14+22+15+19+23+9+20+8
war’ also	Tau	Had Qasem Soleimani not been assassinated on January 3, 2020, he would have celebrated his birthday 68 days later on March 11, 2020, the date the coronavirus pandemic was declared and the NBA was suspended, having been born March 11, 1957. As you’ll recall, he was reportedly killed on January 3, 2020, a date with 44 nu
math’ also	Square Root of 2	After the controversial win over the Raiders, in the next round, 24-year-old Tom Brady and Co., in the Patriots 42nd NFL season, would defeat the Pittsburgh Steelers, 24-17, with a score summing to 41-points, which was perfect for advancing to the ‘Super Bowl’, as they did. Then in the Super Bowl, the Patriots would de
Jesuit’ also	Lucas	babies being the group most at risk of being infected with polio. Let us not overlook the date, March 26th, or 26/3, like 263, the 56th prime. If you’re asking if it was Jesuits then, the likely answer is yes. Consider that the first encyclical Pope Francis wrote, was written with the subject, ‘On care for our common h

Names in the catalog that total 42

Computed from the Murdered By Numbers catalog across Ordinal, Reduction, Reverse Ordinal, Standard, Chaldean, and Single Reduction.

Zolani Tete — “Zolani Tete” = 42 (Chaldean)
Muhammad Ali — “Muhammad Ali” = 42 (Reduction)
Bill Russell — “Bill Russell” = 42 (Reduction)
Dale Earnhardt — “Dale Earnhardt” = 42 (Chaldean)
Kurt Cobain — “Kurt Cobain” = 42 (Reduction)
Juice WRLD — “Juice WRLD” = 42 (Reduction)
Chris Cornell — “Chris Cornell” = 42 (Chaldean)
Heath Ledger — “Heath Ledger” = 42 (Chaldean)
Harriet Tubman — “Harriet Tubman” = 42 (Chaldean)
Ken Norton — “Ken Norton” = 42 (Chaldean)
John Bonham — “John Bonham” = 42 (Chaldean)
Sean Connery — “Sean Connery” = 42 (Chaldean)
Satchel Paige — “Satchel Paige” = 42 (Chaldean)
Max Schmeling — “Max Schmeling” = 42 (Chaldean)
Kenny McKinley — “Kenny McKinley” = 42 (Chaldean)
Louis Armstrong — “Pops” = 42 (Reverse Ordinal)
Allen Collins — “Allen Collins” = 42 (Chaldean)
Billy Powell — “Billy Powell” = 42 (Chaldean)
Syd Barrett — “Syd Barrett” = 42 (Reduction)
Ian Curtis — “Ian Curtis” = 42 (Reduction)
Mike Starr — “Mike Starr” = 42 (Reduction)
Spencer Tracy — “Spencer Tracy” = 42 (Chaldean)
Howard Hawks — “Howard Hawks” = 42 (Chaldean)
Gene Kelly — “Gene Kelly” = 42 (Reduction)
Art Carney — “Art Carney” = 42 (Reduction)
Roddy Piper — “Roddy Piper” = 42 (Chaldean)
Luna Vachon — “Luna Vachon” = 42 (Chaldean)
Billy Robinson — “Billy Robinson” = 42 (Chaldean)
Bull Curry — “Bull Curry” = 42 (Reduction)

Public figures who died at age 42

Elvis Presley — died August 16, 1977 (Heart attack)
Robert F. Kennedy — died June 6, 1968 (Assassination)
Payne Stewart — died October 25, 1999 (See historical records)
John Tenta — died June 7, 2006 (See historical records)
Miss Elizabeth — died May 1, 2003 (See historical records)
Bruiser Brody — died July 17, 1988 (See historical records)
Mike Awesome — died February 17, 2007 (See historical records)

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