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The Number of The Beast "The
Number of the Beast is a concept from the Book of Revelation of the New Testament
of the Christian Bible, relating to the figure of "The Beast". The
number is 666 in most manuscripts of the New Testament and in modern
translations while critical editions of the Greek text (such as the Novum Testamentum Graece) also note 616 as a variant... 666 The
Number of the Beast is described in the Book of Revelation 13:17–18. The
original Greek reads: 17 καὶ
ἵνα μή
τις δύνηται
ἀγοράσαι ἢ
πωλῆσαι εἰ μὴ ὁ
ἔχων τὸ
χάραγμα, τὸ ὄνομα
τοῦ θηρίου
ἢ τὸν ἀριθμὸν
τοῦ ὀνόματος
αὐτοῦ. 18 ὧδε ἡ σοφία
ἐστίν· ὁ ἔχων νοῦν
ψηφισάτω τὸν ἀριθμὸν
τοῦ θηρίου,
ἀριθμὸς γὰρ ἀνθρώπου
ἐστίν· καὶ ὁ ἀριθμὸς
αὐτοῦ ἑξακόσιοι ἑξήκοντα ἕξ.[1] The
number is the final 3 words (transliterated: hexakósioi
hexēkonta héx),
meaning "six hundred sixty-six". The
King James Version of the Bible translates:[2] And
that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the
beast, or the number of his name. Here is wisdom. Let him that hath
understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man;
and his number is Six hundred threescore and six. In
the Old Testament, both 1 Kings 10:14 and 2 Chronicles 9:13 state that
Solomon collected "six hundred threescore and six" talents of gold
each year.[3] John's reference to "wisdom" and
"understanding" might also point toward Proverbs 1 and 2, where
understanding, discernment, wisdom and insight are explained and advised by
King Solomon. In the Greek manuscripts, the number is rendered in Greek
numerical form as χξϛʹ,[4] or
sometimes literally as ἑξακόσιοι
ἑξήκοντα ἕξ, hexakósioi hexēkonta héx, "six
hundred and sixty-six".[3][5] There
are several interpretations-translations for the meaning of the phrase
"Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast"
where the peculiar Greek word ψηφισάτω
(psefisato) is used. Possible translations include
not only "to count", "to reckon" but also "to
vote" or "to decide".[6] Although
Irenaeus (2nd century AD) affirmed the number to be
666 and reported several scribal errors of the number, there is still doubt
by a minority of theologians about the original reading." -
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