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Revelation 13:18 — King James Version← Study notes

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.


Revelation 13:18Greek Interlinear

Greek · Revelation 13:1823 words
GreekMeaning
ὧδεhōde
HereadverbG5602
thearticleG3588
σοφίαsophia
wisdomnounG4678
ἐστίνestin
isverbG1510
ho
The onearticleG3588
ἔχωνechōn
havingverbG2192
νοῦνnoun
understandingnounG3563
ψηφισάτωpsēphisatō
he should countverbG5585
τὸνton
thearticleG3588
ἀριθμὸνarithmon
numbernounG706
τοῦtou
of thearticleG3588
θηρίουthēriou
beastnounG2342
ἀριθμὸςarithmos
numbernounG706
γὰρgar
forwordG1063
ἀνθρώπουanthrōpou
a man’snounG444
ἐστίνestin
it isverbG1510
καὶkai
andwordG2532
ho
thearticleG3588
ἀριθμὸςarithmos
numbernounG706
αὐτοῦautou
of itpronounG846
ἑξακόσιοιhexakosioi
six hundredadjectiveG1812
ἑξήκονταhexēkonta
sixty(-fold), threescoreadjectiveG1835
ἕξhex
sixadjectiveG1803
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on Revelation 13:18

“His number is the name of a man, and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.” As they have it reckoned from the Greek characters, they thus find it among many to be τειταν, for τειταν has this number, which the Gentiles call Sol and Phœbus; and it is reckoned in Greek thus: τ three hundred, ε five, ι ten, τ three hundred, α one, ν fifty — which taken together become six hundred and sixty-six. For as far as belongs to the Greek letters, they fill up this number and…

Victorinus of Pettau · 3rd century · Commentary on the Apocalypse
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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Carlos RiveraNote4mo ago
The Number of the Beast
The number six hundred sixty-six represents a human name. John's readers would have understood who it referred to through gematria. But the point isn't decoding. It's that the beast is human, limited,...
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