666 (number)
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666 is the natural number following 665 and preceding 667. It is a composite number.
666 is often associated with Satan, who is illustrated here in an engraved interpretation by Gustave Doré.
A 666 float in a Paris street parade
Number of the beast
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The number of the beast is associated with the Beast of Revelation in chapter 13, verse 18 of the Book of Revelation. In most manuscripts of the New Testament and in English translations of the Bible,
666 (number)
…It is a composite number. In Christianity, 666 is referred to in most manuscripts of chapter 13 of the Book of Revelation of the New Testament as the "number of the beast" or "number of (a) man". 666 is the sum of the first thirty-six natural numbers, which makes it a triangular number…
The Number of the Beast Is 666 by William Blake, 1805
Fragment from Papyrus 115 (P115) of Revelation in the 66th vol. of the Oxyrhynchus series (P. Oxy. 4499). Has the number of the beast as χιϛ, 616.
Bust of Nero at Musei Capitolini, Rome
Gematria by Athanasius Kircher, calculating various "names of the beast" (Lageinos, Teitan, Lampetis, Antemos) that sum to 666, and summing Jesus' name to 888