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Revelation 12:11 They overcame him because of the Lamb’s blood, and because of the word of their testimony.

This is our testimony.

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Revelation 13:18 Here is wisdom. He who has understanding, let him calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man. His number is six hundred sixty-six. (some earlier manuscripts read 616)

Revelation 13:17 ...that mark, the name of the beast or the number of his name.
Revelation 14:11 ...the beast and his image, and... the mark of his name.
Revelation 15:02 ...the beast, his image, and the number of his name...

Hebrew numerals are considered to be a quasidecimal alphabetic numeral system. It is a method that uses the letters of the Hebrew alphabet for numbers. This is done by adding the numerical value of the letters in order to figure the total amount they are intended to signify.

Each letter in the alefbet has a numerical value. These values can be used to write numbers, as the Romans used some of their letters (I, V, X, L, C, M) to represent numbers. Alef through Yod have the values 1 through 10. Yod through Qof have the values 10 through 100, counting by 10s. Qof through Tav have the values 100 through 400, counting by 100s. Final letters have the same value as their non-final counterparts.^{Jewish Virtual Library}

Some have suggested that the final forms of the letters Kaf, Mem, Nun, Pei and Tzadei have the numerical values of 500, 600, 700, 800 and 900, providing a numerical system that could easily render numbers up to 1000. However, there does not appear to be any basis for that interpretation in Jewish tradition.^{Judaism 101}

In gematria, Mem represents the number 40. Its final form represents 600 but this is rarely used, Tav and Resh (400+200) being used instead.^Wikipedia

666 using the Hebrew numerical system would be

vav, samech, tav, resh which is vstr

vstr - the vav in this position is considered a prefix with the meaning "and" or "but".^{judaism 101}

vstr in Hebrew means - hide, conceal, secret, mystery

• hide - to conceal from sight; prevent from being seen or discovered: to obstruct the view of; cover up: to conceal from knowledge or exposure; keep secret.^citation
• conceal - to hide; withdraw or remove from observation; cover or keep from sight: to keep secret; to prevent or avoid disclosing or divulging.^citation
• secret - something that is or is kept secret, hidden, or concealed: a mystery.^citation
• mystery - anything that is kept secret or remains unexplained or unknown: any truth that is unknowable except by divine revelation.^citation

In ancient Hebrew the cumulative meaning of each letter would amount to "shielding (the) mark (of a) man"

The beast will be revealed and destroyed. Only when life is breathed back into the beast does worshiping it and its image by bowing down and/or serving give a person the mark of the beast on their forehead, bowing down, or on their hand, serving.

 Job 10:14 if I sin, then you mark me.