616 (number)
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| 616 | |
|---|---|
| Cardinal | Six hundred and sixteen |
| Ordinal | 616th |
| Factorization |  |
| Roman numeral | DCXVI |
| Binary | 1001101000 |
| Hexadecimal | 268 |
| Base32 | J8 |
| Base36 | H4 |
616 ("six hundred and sixteen", or "six hundred sixteen" in American English) is believed by some Christians to have been the original Number of the Beast in the Book of Revelation in the Christian Bible. Different early versions of the Book of Revelation gave different numbers, and 666 had been widely accepted as the original number. In 2005, however, a fragment of papyrus 115 was revealed, containing the earliest known version of that part of the Book of Revelation discussing the Number of the Beast. It gave the number as 616, suggesting that this may have been the original. [1] This caused Peter Sagal on the USA's National Public Radio program Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! to quip that Hell must be in Grand Rapids, Michigan, as Grand Rapids' area code is 616, and prompting radio host Mancow Muller to proclaim that the final battle between good and evil would take place there. (There is a Hell, Michigan, but its area code is 734.)
[edit] In mathematics
616 is a member of the Padovan sequence, coming after 265, 351, 465 (it is the sum of the first two of these). 616 is a polygonal number in four different ways: it is a heptagonal number, as well as 13-, 31- and 104-gonal.
[edit] In comic books
- Earth-616 is the name used to identify the primary continuity in which most Marvel Comics titles take place.
