1.0 link Rainbow Dash Network http://rainbowdash.net/ Cerulean Spark (ceruleanspark) http://rainbowdash.net/ceruleanspark http://rainbowdash.net/notice/3055912 @<span class="vcard"><a href="http://rainbowdash.net/user/76" class="url" title="Dr James Unisex"><span class="fn nickname">thelastgherkin</span></a></span> The number of the beast (Greek: Ἀριθμὸς τοῦ θηρίου, Arithmos tou Thēriou) is the numerological identifier ascribed to the beast from the sea, the first of two symbolic beasts described in the Book of Revelation's thirteenth chapter. In most New Testament manuscripts, the number is rendered as 666, but the variant 616 is found in critical editions of the Greek text, such as the Novum Testamentum Graece.