Biblical Meaning of Number 6
In the Bible, six is the number of man: made on the sixth day, set to labor six days, and named in the number of the beast, "the number of a man" (Revelation 13:18).
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What does the number 6 mean in the Bible?
Six is the number of humanity and its work. Man and woman are made on the sixth day (Genesis 1:26-31), and the commandment gives six days to labor before the seventh day's rest: "Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work" (Exodus 20:9).
It is also the number of man at his proudest. Goliath stands "six cubits and a span" with a spearhead of "six hundred shekels of iron" (1 Samuel 17:4-7), Nebuchadnezzar's golden image is sixty cubits high and six broad (Daniel 3:1), and the beast's number is "Six hundred threescore and six" (Revelation 13:18).
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Where six appears in the Bible
| Verse | What it says |
|---|---|
| Genesis 1:31 | On the sixth day God saw everything he had made, "and, behold, it was very good." |
| Exodus 20:9 | "Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work." |
| 1 Samuel 17:4-7 | Goliath: "six cubits and a span", his spear's head "six hundred shekels of iron." |
| 1 Kings 10:14 | Solomon's gold in one year weighs "six hundred threescore and six talents." |
| Daniel 3:1 | Nebuchadnezzar's image of gold is threescore cubits high and six cubits broad. |
| John 19:14 | About the sixth hour Pilate presents Jesus: "Behold your King!" |
| Revelation 13:18 | "It is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six." |
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The prophetic meaning of 6
Bullinger (1894) called six the number of man: human labor, and human effort that stops one short of God's seven. Prophetic readers use it for what people build without God, and read 666 as that shortfall said three times.
Six is not evil in itself: the sixth day is the day God called "very good" (Genesis 1:31).
Six in Hebrew and Greek letters
In Hebrew the numeral six is vav (ו), whose name means hook: the same word names the hooks of the tabernacle (Exodus 26:32). In Greek the numeral six was an old letter dropped from the alphabet, digamma (ϝ), later written stigma (ϛ).
The hidden lore of six
Some early copies of Revelation read 616, not 666. Irenaeus already knew of the variant around 180 (Against Heresies 5.30.1), and the oldest surviving fragment of the passage, Papyrus 115, has 616.
Many scholars think the number spells a name: Nero Caesar in Hebrew letters (נרון קסר) adds up to 666, and spelled the Latin way, without the final n (נרו קסר), to 616, which would explain both readings.
In arithmetic, 666 is the sum of every number from 1 to 36, and 36 is six times six.
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Sources and editorial method
Research and editorial references used for this page include:
- BibleGateway: Genesis 1:31 (KJV) - The passage quoted on this page, in the King James Version.
- BibleGateway: Exodus 20:9 (KJV) - The passage quoted on this page, in the King James Version.
- BibleGateway: 1 Samuel 17:4-7 (KJV) - The passage quoted on this page, in the King James Version.
- BibleGateway: 1 Kings 10:14 (KJV) - The passage quoted on this page, in the King James Version.
- E. W. Bullinger, Number in Scripture (London, 1894), Internet Archive - The source of the "prophetic" meanings: one unity, two difference, three divine perfection, four creation, five grace, six man, seven spiritual perfection, eight resurrection, nine finality or judgment, ten ordinal perfection, eleven disorder, twelve governmental perfection.
Scripture is quoted from the King James Version. The "prophetic" meanings are E. W. Bullinger's (Number in Scripture, 1894), named as his reading rather than as definitions the Bible gives; the Hebrew and Greek numerals are the standard letter values, and the later Jewish and Christian lore is given with its source.
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What does the number 6 mean in the Bible?
Man and his labor: humanity was made on the sixth day (Genesis 1:26-31) and given six days to work (Exodus 20:9).
What is the prophetic meaning of the number 6?
Human effort that falls short of God's rest. Bullinger called six the number of man, and prophetic readers see 666 as that shortfall said three times (Revelation 13:18).
What does 666 mean in the Bible?
Revelation 13:18 calls it "the number of a man". Many scholars read it as the Hebrew letters of Nero Caesar, which add up to 666; some early manuscripts read 616, the same name spelled the Latin way.
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