The Meaning of Numbers: The Number 33 * The number 33 is connected to promise or the promises of God. The 33rd time Noah’s name is used in the Bible, God promised to never again destroy the world with a flood and sealed His promise with the sign of the rainbow: "And God said: 'This is the sign of the covenant which I make between Me and you, and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations: "'I set My RAINBOW in the cloud, and it shall be for the sign of the covenant between Me and the earth. It shall be, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the RAINBOW shall be seen in the cloud; and I will remember My covenant which is between Me and you and every living creature of all flesh; the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all flesh. "'The RAINBOW shall be in the cloud, and I will look on it to remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth.' " (Genesis 9:12-16, NKJV throughout)
The 33rd time Abraham’s name is used in the Bible, Isaac — the child of promise — was born (Genesis 21). The 33rd time Jacob’s name is mentioned in the Bible he promised to give a tenth of all he had to God. At age 33, Jesus died on the cross to fulfill all the promises concerning the Messiah. The divine name of God, Elohim, appears 33 times in the story of creation found in the opening chapters of Genesis. Number 33 also is a numerical representation of the Star of David (also known as the shield of David) and the numerical equivalent of the word Amen. | 