Beast is a feminine noun used to name four-legged animals (which walk on four legs) that can be used for riding. As an adjective, the word beast can be interpreted as synonymous with "foolish individual", "ignorant" or "stupid".
Etymologically, the term "beast" arose from the Latin beast and literally means "beast" or "animal".
Currently, the word has gained a pejorative context to describe people who have uncivilized behavior or who are considered "unintelligent". In this context, "beast" is understood as a synonym for "fool", "fool", "fool" or "dumb". Example: "Stop being stupid and buy the house right away" or "You are so dumb, boy!"
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In the religious sphere, the figure of the beast is a direct popular reference to the devil and to all the evil existing in the world, arising from the acts and influence of the devil. In the Holy Bible, the beast represents tyrannical and despot nations, who use their power to lower the population and make it suffer.
crossbow weapon
Beast, crossbow or crossbow is also the name given to a type of medieval weapon, described as a mixture of shotgun and bow and arrow. This combat instrument was quite popular during the 16th century, being gradually replaced by the first firearms, such as muskets, for example.
Marks of the beast
In the book of Revelation of St. John 12:9, the figure of the beast is described as a "seven-headed dragon" that would mark all people, rich and poor, slaves and free men, with a sign on their right hand or forehead, bearing their name. Also according to the bible, all people who have the mark of the beast will be cursed, with ulcers and painful diseases.
For Bible scholars, the figure of the beast and the accounts described in the book of Revelation are metaphors that should be interpreted from a more realistic point of view, based on historical events of the time the book was written.
The image of the seven-headed dragon, for example, actually represented the seven hills of Rome, which lived under totalitarian, dictatorial and oppressive political power.
Many contemporary Christian doctrines interpret the accounts of St. Peter's Apocalypse "to the letter", and believe that there is a worldwide conspiracy evil to control humans with a chip that would be implanted in people's right hand and forehead, like a "sign of the beast" described in the bible of Christians.
beast number
According to the book of Revelation of St. John, in the New Testament of the Holy Bible, one of the marks of the beast would be the number 666.
The apostle John, when quoting the beast, was referring to the Roman emperor Cesar Nero, who fiercely persecuted Christians in the first century. The number 666, as the numerical value of the letters in Hebrew, corresponds to the name of Cesar Nero.
Currently, for the superstitious, the number 666 is a symbol of bad luck and curse, being a way of cheering the devil.
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