616 Or?
Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2022 2:03 pm
In Revelation XIC with an overline is used to identify the beast. While some feel that it is gematria where X=600, I=10, and C (as a digamma)=6 adding up to 616, I however, find myself wondering. For one thing, there are no other examples, that I know of, of gematria in the NT texts. So why would XIC be considered one? Why not just a contracted form of abbreviation like we see in other examples (XPC etc)? Something like the name Χειρίσοφος (just a quick example) perhaps?
What Greek nouns can we come up with that would fit a contracted abbreviation of XIC?
What Greek nouns can we come up with that would fit a contracted abbreviation of XIC?