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Was Hitler the apocalyptic 666 beast?
Revelations 13, verse 18 reads:
"This calls for wisdom: let him who has understanding reckon
the number of the beast, for it is a human number, its number
is six hundred and sixty-six."
It is easy to see that the name Hitler corresponds to this number 666:
count A as 100, B as 101, etc. and add up the six numbers. This seems
a very striking result, also considering verse 13:
"It works great signs, even making fire come down from heaven to
earth in the sight of men."
Hitler was (one of?) the first to use bomber airplanes in warfare.
And it seems his family name was originally Hiedler, which was later
changed to Hitler.
But in reality, all this hardly means anything. This simple scheme (B=101 etc.) is nothing but a randomising formula. Regardless of whether such a formula is as simple as in this case or very complicated, with any three-digit result, you can expect statistically that of any number of candidate words, approximately one out of every thousand matches this chosen number.
So not surprisingly, there are at least 219 perfectly innocuous English words that also give 666 when subjected to that formula; and there are also 232 such Dutch words, and 23 Portuguese ones. All these are listed below.
There are also many other names, which, using different formulas,
arrive at 666, see:
Number 666
and higher level pages:
S. Desrosiers
and:
Biblical numbers and:
Occurrences.
See also Wikipedia
So my conclusion, opinion if you like, is that the fact that the number 666 fits to Hitler is just a coincidence, and means nothing at all.
Here are the English words that yield 666:
actons alarus aments amulet amytal anions appose argute arrant ashets attics berths bigots bisync blenny bolter bongos bonism boughs brevet bullet buoyed burkas busing butted cantos canyon catgut choirs closer cooper couple cranky crazes creepy cresol criers curing deftly depths donjon driven duller dynamo elopes epizoa eunuch exacts extend eyelet ferret fezzed fjords fluxed frazil frocks fumier funnel furred germon glairy gorals gorget gorier graves grouch guilds hatter hoaxes holmes hoodoo hooker hopple horrid hosing hotell housed humbug hunted hyenas hymnic inborn indues isatin jazzed keenly klepht knaves lapses largos latent latten legist lentil levies limens lintel liquid loculi logion maguey mantes manure mazier micron minish mirier modify molals monday monger mooted morgen mucosa nipple nodose noosed numina orchis origin orphan palter paying piqued piracy plaint plaque plater pliant plight poking ponder popped puffin quacks radius ramify reason reborn reguli reigns resign retell reused rocket sadist satire saving school scolds scylla sennas sepals septic shanks shroff signer simnel singer slangs somber sombre spahis spewed squama stamen static steeds stolae striae subdue sulked summae swaraj taboos talcky talent tanner tannin tedium teflon teller tendon threat timing tinted toneme tracks uglier umbels umbles unclog undams unfold unlike unseal usages varved vatted vernal vicars viking virago vocals vodkas voicer wafers wandoo wasted webers weeper weight wheels wheeze widish wields yawned yolked yuccas
And the Dutch words:
afrolt aftipt afturf amulet bemors bijzet blijst bloter bokste bomers botweg brevet buksen burcht chromo chroom deuvik deuzig dolven dorpen douwde drenkt dringt dropen dunnen dynamo eerste eisten erfoom eunuch fissen flanst floten foppen gaspit geepst gehukt geilst geknot geluwd gemuft genokt gepest gespet gespte getast getikt getoet geuten geword gliste gokten grindt groeve hauwen hevelt hipten hitsig hommer huisje hullen humbug hummel idioot ijkers ijsjes inlapt invoeg inzend jeukte jodium jonnen jukken kaatst kajuit karwij kennis kersen ketels kipsel knopig komijn koopje kresen krimpe kuilen kwenen larven latent latten lepper lepten leuker liftte lijven lippen lommen luiken maarts majoor makron masten matras matsen merels merkte meunen micron mikten moeten molmen molsla monken morgen naoogt natelt nawerk nazoek nestei neurie nieste nijper nimmer nippel niveau nollen omdoet omgord omhels omlegt omrank omvang oneens onwaar opgiet ophelp opkijk oplees oprijd ovatie palter papoes papten parelt penner peuken pinnen pleten pokken ponder porden potige prijen prille radius refter regres remmer rijpen rijtje rijweg rimram roerig rokeer rolder royaal ruggen rundje sadist sarrig satire school schuil sering skelet slalom sletig soepel somber sperma staakt steeds stekel summae tafzij talent tappen tarnen teller teugen tiktak tillen toesla tonden toomde topaas touche toxica tranen treedt tuffen uitbik uitham velijn verder vergas vermei vijlen viking vinder virago vliedt vlijen vloden volden vondel vracht vriend vroege walkte waring weitje wenken wiepen wijken willig worgde wraken zeboes zender zoogde zwamde
And the Portuguese words:
aposta borrar burlar egipto estola estria estufa exigir faquir fritar fundir humano insano lavrar maduro mucosa muleta ourela punhal quando sapato sirgar vidrar
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