First names in Hebrew

First name Steven: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

סטיבן

Gematria value: 131

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Steven is written סטיבן

Meaning and origin

What does Steven mean?

Meaning: "crown"
Origin: Greek

Steven comes from the Greek Stephanos, "crown, wreath". Stephen is the older English spelling, Steve the short form. It was one of the most given boys' names in America in the 1950s and 1960s.

Gematria

Steven = 131

In Hebrew, every letter is also a number. Added together, the letters of the name give its value: this is gematria. סטיבן has 5 letters:

• סthe letter Samekh60
• טthe letter Tet9
• יthe letter Yod10
• בthe letter Bet2
• ןthe letter final Nun50
• Total131

The verse of the name

From the letter Samekh to the letter final Nun

An ancient custom gives each person a verse: the one that begins with the first letter of their name and ends with the last. For Steven, from ס to ן:

סִיחוֹן מֶלֶךְ הָאֱמֹרִי הַיּוֹשֵׁב בְּחֶשְׁבּוֹן מֹשֵׁל מֵעֲרוֹעֵר אֲשֶׁר עַל־שְׂפַת־נַחַל אַרְנוֹן וְתוֹךְ הַנַּחַל וַחֲצִי הַגִּלְעָד וְעַד יַבֹּק הַנַּחַל גְּבוּל בְּנֵי עַמּוֹן׃

“Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon. He ruled from Aroer, on the bank of the Arnon valley, and from the middle of the valley, over half of Gilead, as far as the Jabbok River, the border of the Ammonites.”

Joshua 12:2

The book of your first name

Steven, in nine pages

• Steven, in Hebrew
• Letter by letter
• The number of your name
• The verse of your name
• The portrait of Steven
• Steven, day to day
• What tradition says about names
• The sources

Frequently asked

Steven in three answers

How do you write Steven in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Steven is written סטיבן.

What is the gematria value of Steven?
Written סטיבן, Steven is worth 131: the letter Samekh (60) + the letter Tet (9) + the letter Yod (10) + the letter Bet (2) + the letter final Nun (50).

What does Steven mean?
Crown (origin: Greek). Steven comes from the Greek Stephanos, "crown, wreath". Stephen is the older English spelling, Steve the short form. It was one of the most given boys' names in America in the 1950s and 1960s.