seven

Deadly sins count

Seven is the number between six and eight, represented by the numeral 7.

It appears throughout culture as a significant quantity: seven days in a week, seven deadly sins, seven wonders of the ancient world.

In games of chance, seven is often lucky—rolling a seven in craps wins on the come-out roll.

mythic

dwarfs

Makes appear smaller

sages · hills · voyages · Sinbad · sisters · Pleiades · quest · folktale · legend · fairytale

luck

lucky

Favored by chance

charm · slot-machine · jackpot · casino · gambling · dice · craps · winning · odds · superstition

number

digit

Single numeric character

quantity · arithmetic · sequence · ordinal · odd · cardinal · counting · figure · symbol · numeric

sacred

sacrament

Sacred ritual conveying grace

days · candlestick · menorah · churches · seals · angels · archangels · heavens · biblical · Shabbat

time

week

Seven-day span

Tuesday · Wednesday · Thursday · Friday · Saturday · weekly · weekday · weekend · calendar · schedule

age

year

Twelve-month duration

growth · stages · psychology · Erikson · lifespan · maturation · phase · transition

Categories
Opposites
numerical parity

sevensix

Cardinal after five

eight · even number · two · four · ten

symbolic/cultural valence

seventhirteen

After twelve, before fourteen

four · seventeen · 666

magnitude on a small scale

sevenone

Lowest positive integer

zero · none · two · few

Phrases
Family

seventh, seventy, seventeen, seventeenth, seventieth, sevens, sevenfold, sevenths, sevenish

Familiarity
Top 1,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G