Meaning of Numbers: The Number 75
The English phrase "seventy and five" used for the number 75 is recorded 4 times in 4 King James Bible verses.
The possible meaning of the number 75 is derived from events in Scripture as well as interesting facts about God's word.
Stephen's inspired testimony before Jewish religious leaders is the longest recorded message in the book of Acts (Acts 7). He utilizes the number 75 to recount the story of Jacob and his family migrating to Egypt due to a famine.
Then Joseph sent and called for his father Jacob, and all his kindred, being seventy-five (75) souls. And Jacob went down into Egypt; and he and our fathers died . . . (Acts 7:14 - 15, HBFV).
The original Hebrew account, however, does not mention 75 people migrating to Egypt. It states that all those who "came out of his (Jacob's) loins," meaning those genetically connected to him (not his son's wives), who traveled with him were sixty-six people (Genesis 46:26).
If we add Jacob, Joseph and Joseph's two sons we get the 70 (not 75) people or "all the souls of the house of Jacob, who came into Egypt" of Genesis 46:27.
The reason for the difference is that Stephen, a Greek-speaking Jew, was not quoting from the Hebrew version of the Old Testament. He quoted from the commonly used (at the time) Greek translation of the Hebrew known as the Septuagint. The Septuagint version of Genesis 46:27 states 75 people of Jacob's house were in Egypt. Biblical commentaries offer differing explanations to account for the discrepancy.
Appearances of Number Seventy-Five
One of God's Jubilee years, which occurs every 50th year and runs from one Day of Atonement to the next, began on September 9 in 75 A.D. This special holy period ran until September 26 in 76. It was the second Jubilee to take place since the birth of Jesus (the first one ran from 26 to 27 A.D.).
The English word "dragon," found thirteen times in the book of Revelation (Revelation 12:3 - 4, 7, 9, 13, 16 - 17, 13:2, 4, 11, 16:13 and 20:2), is derived from the Greek drakon (Strong's Concordance #G1404). Dragons in the New Testament are symbolic of God's chief adversary Satan the devil.
And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.
And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born (Revelation 12:3 - 4, KJV).
The Gematria, or total numeric value of the Greek word for dragon, is 4 + 100 + 1 + 20 + 800 + 50 for a value of 975. This total is 13 times 75. Thirteen is the number of sin, lawlessness and rebellion against God.
The English word "white" is found 75 times in 66 King James verses. It is written the most in the book of Leviticus (20 times) followed by Revelation (19) and then Genesis (5).
White generally symbolizes purity, righteousness, holiness, wisdom and dedication to God. This color is used extensively in Revelation 19.
And to her (the bride of Christ) was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints . . . And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war . . .
And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean (Revelation 19:8, 11, 14, KJV).
Number 75 and Abraham
Abram (later Abraham), at 70, leaves his hometown of Ur with his wife Sarai (later Sarah) and his entire family. The family lives in the city of Haran until, five years later, Abram's father Terah dies. It is at this moment that Abraham, at age 75 in 1885 B.C., is called by God and told to travel to Canaan.
And the Lord said to Abram, "Get out of your country, and from your kindred, and from your father's house into a land that I will show you. And I will make of you a great nation . . . And in you shall all families of the earth be blessed" (Genesis 12:1 - 3).
The calling of Abraham is one of the greatest events of the Old Testament! It is from this point forward that the narrative in the Bible primarily focuses on the history of Abraham's descendants.
Abraham is roughly 75 years old when he and Sarah travel to Egypt in order to escape a severe famine. Sarah's striking beauty is of great concern to the patriarch as he fears he will be killed so that the Egyptians can take his wife.
And it came to pass that when Abram had come into Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman (Sarah his wife) was very beautiful (Genesis 12:14, HBFV).
Prophetic Self-Referral
Daniel is one of nine Old Testament books named after their author. Old Testament writings named after people who were not their authors include Joshua and Ruth (written by Samuel) along with 1 and 2 Samuel (penned by Isaiah).
Daniel wrote his prophetic book from Babylon between 605 and 530 B.C., an amazing period of 75 years! In his book of twelve chapters he mentions himself, by name, 75 times in 65 King James Bible verses.
More Info on Biblical Meaning of 75
The Greek word Simon, Strong's Concordance #G4613, is found 75 times in 70 Greek New Testament verses. It is found the most in the gospel of John (26 times) followed by Luke's gospel (17) and then the book of Acts (13). The word, which means a rock or stone, is untranslated in the King James as the name "Simon."
There are several individuals called Simon in the New Testament. There is Simon Peter the apostle (Matthew 4:18), Simon the Canaanite who is also an apostle (Matthew 10:4), Jesus' half-brother named Simon (Matthew 13:55) and Simon the Leper (Matthew 26:6).
Still more people referred to by this name include Simon the Cyrenian who helped Christ carry his cross (Mark 15:21), Simon Magus who used sorcery to deceive people (Acts 8:9) and Simon the Tanner whose house Peter stayed at (Acts 9:43).
The English phrase "seventy and five" for 75 is found only once in the books of Genesis, Exodus, Ezra and Esther.
There are 9 words and phrases in the Bible's original languages that are recorded exactly 75 times.
75 is the product of 3 x 5 x 5 (5 squared). 3 and 5 are prime numbers.
Psalm 75, which was written by priests who served during King David's reign, offers some wise words concerning advancing in life.
For promotion comes neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south. But God is judge; He puts down one and sets up another (verses 6 - 7).
The word "Israel" appears more than 2,500 times in the King James Old Testament. It is recorded 75 times in the New Testament, with Acts containing the most occurrences (21) followed by a tie between Matthew, Luke and Romans listing it 12 times.
Matthew 26, with its 75 verses, is the second biggest chapters in terms of verses in the King James New Testament. The biggest in terms of verses is Luke 1 with 80. In terms of word count, however, Matthew 26 with its 1,625 words is larger than Luke 1.
Verse 75 of Matthew 26 reveals what happened after Peter, who impulsively asserted during the last Passover he would never deny Jesus, ultimately did deny him three times.
And Peter remembered the words of Jesus, Who had said to him, "Before the cock crows, you yourself shall deny Me three times." And he went out and wept bitterly (Matthew 26:75, HBFV).
Only the book of Psalms has more than 75 chapters in the King James Bible.