Lucky Number seven?

Question

Does anyone know why seven is considered a lucky number? I was just curious about when it all came about. Thanks!

Answer 1

A mystic or sacred number. It is composed of four and three, which, among the Pythagoreans, were, and from time immemorial have been, accounted lucky numbers. Among the Babylonians, Egyptians, and other ancient peoples, there were seven sacred planets. The Hebrew verb for "to swear" means literally to come under the influence of seven things; thus, seven ewe lambs figure in the oath between Abraham and Abimelech at Beersheba (Gen. 21:28); and Herodotus describes an Arabian oath in which seven stones are smeared with blood. There are seven days in Creation, seven days in the week, seven graces, seven deadly sins, seven divisions in the Lord's Prayer, and seven ages in the life of man; climacteric years are seven and nine with their multiples by odd numbers; and the seventh son of a seventh son was held noble. Among the Hebrews, every seventh year was sabbatical, and seven times seven years was the jubilee. The three great Jewish feasts lasted seven days; and between the first and second were seven weeks. Levitical purifications lasted seven days; Balaam would have seven alters, and sacrificed on them seven bullocks and seven rams; Naaman was commanded to dip seven times in Jordan; Elijah sent his servant seven times to look out for rain; ten times seven Israelites went to Egypt, the exile lasted the same number of years, and there were ten times seven elders. Pharaoh in his dream saw seven years for each of his wives; seven priests with seven trumpets marched round Jericho once every day, but seven times on the seventh day. Samson's wedding feast lasted seven days; on the seventh he told his bride the riddle, he was bound with seven withes [sic], and seven locks of his hair were cut off. Nebuchadnezzar was a beast for seven years. In the Apocalypse, there are seven churches of Asia, seven candlesticks, seven stars, seven trumpets, seven spirits before the throne of God, seven horns, seven vials, seven plagues, a seven-headed monster, and the Lamb with seven eyes. The old astrologers and alchemists recognized seven so-called planets. According to the Muslims, there are seven heavens.

Answer 2

I think that the number seven is very important in the world because there are 7 days, 7 principal colors, 7 lives of a cat for example =0)

Answer 3

I think it is considered lucky because in the Bible, seven is the number of completeness or wholeness. It symbolizes perfection while six symbolizes man's imperfection. Examples all through the Bible.

Answer 4

Cuz everything was created in sevens, the days, the number of earth's grounds beneath us, the number of heavens, the colors and even me, my birthday is 7th of July and this year is 2007 and I ll be 27 YRS
so its great

Answer 5

I really don't know but number 666 is the devils number so maybe it could be because its the number after 6? hehe Just a guess...

Answer 6

no ,honey, number 7 was lucky numb, 2 years ago, now is lucky one is 8

Answer 7

because me and my husband have 5 kids and we = 2. so, that equals 7.. and by the way... a cat has 9 lives.. for whoever said they have 7.

Answer 8

I don't know. But if you've read the book Where the Heart is (Billie Letts, It's a wonderful book.) it was REALLY unlucky for the main character. It's also pretty unlucky for me. A lot of my relatives died on the 7th of a month. :S

Answer 9

probably because it is a winning number in most gambling games

Answer 10

Because 666 spells Satan.... While 777 spells God.....................