Does the number 7 mean Completion in the Bible?

A:Modern numerologists have combed The Bible, assigning supposed meaning to every number in the Bible, but this does not mean that the biblical authors had those meanings in mind when writing their texts. Thus, many say that 7 does mean completion in the Bible because they say creation was completed in seven days. Actually, Genesis says creation was completed in just six days, but why spoil a good story.

The ancient authors did use numerology, and the number 7 did seem to be important, although the meaning probably varied from century to century and perhaps even author to author.

When Jacob served seven years for Leah and seven years for Rachel, this might have been symbolic of the phases of the moon. Much later, there were seven heavens and the apocryphal Ascension of Isaiah had the Son descend into the lower world and then re-ascend to the seventh heaven.

For the New Testament authors, 7 was a propitious number. Luke's Gospel demonstrates that Jesus was predestined for greatness because great men occurred in multiples of seven generations starting from Adam, Enoch at 7, Abraham at 21, David at 35 and Jesus at 77, while Matthew demonstrates that Jesus was predestined for greatness because there were 14 generations from Josiah to Jesus, just as there had been 14 generations from David to Josiah and from Abraham to David (14 being 2 times 7).