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number

Meaning of “number”

Sense 1: A count or quantity. Sense 2: To count, reckon, appoint, or include among a group.

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First occurrence: Genesis 13:16

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Revelation 5:11
And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Revelation 5:11 · retained source text

And I beheld, and I heard the voyce of many Angels, round about the Throne, and the beasts and the Elders, and the number of them was ten thousand times tenne thousand, and thousands of thousands,

Revelation 7:4
And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.
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1611 witness · Revelation 7:4 · retained source text

And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundreth and fourty and foure thousand, of all the tribes of the children of Israel.

Revelation 7:9
After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Revelation 7:9 · retained source text

After this I beheld, and lo, a great multitude, which no man could nūber, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, & tongues, stood before the throne, & before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palmes in their hands:

Revelation 9:16
And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand: and I heard the number of them.
2 word occurrences in this verse
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1611 witness · Revelation 9:16 · retained source text

And the number of the armie of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand: and I heard the number of them.

Revelation 13:17
And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Revelation 13:17 · retained source text

And that no man might buy or sell, saue he that had the marke, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

Revelation 13:18
Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.
3 word occurrences in this verse
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1611 witness · Revelation 13:18 · retained source text

Here is wisedome. Let him that hath vnderstanding, count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man, and his number is, sixe hundred threescore and sixe.

Revelation 15:2
And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Revelation 15:2 · retained source text

And I saw as it were a Sea of glasse, mingled with fire, and them that had gotten the victorie ouer the beast, and ouer his image, and ouer his marke, and ouer the number of his name, stand on the sea of glasse, hauing the harpes of God.

Revelation 20:8
And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.
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1611 witness · Revelation 20:8 · retained source text

And shall goe out to deceiue the nations which are in the foure quarters of the earth, Gog & Magog, to gather them together to battell: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.

1611 marginal noteEzek. 38.2. and 39.1.

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