What is the meaning of the number 666?
666 is "the number of the beast" in Revelation 13:18 — "it is the number of a man." Christians have offered many interpretations: a code for Nero (Hebrew gematria yields 666), a symbol of utter incompleteness (falling short of 777, the perfect divine number), or a literal future identification mark.
Many ancient Christians decoded it as Nero Caesar; later interpreters have offered countless guesses, mostly speculative.
Symbolically, 666 is "man, man, man" — humanity exalted to godhood in defiance of God. Antichrist worship at its peak.
Whatever the exact reference, the call is the same: don’t worship the beast; worship the Lamb who alone bears the "Name above every name."
Original BibleDawn answer · reviewed 2026-06. Drafted with AI assistance and reviewed for accuracy.