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The word in Revelation 13:16 for “mark” is the Greek word for a mark of ownership.
Such as a tattoo - perhaps similar to how one marks cattle by branding.
Or how Hitler’s Nazis branded Jews with tattoo numbers for identification purposes.
Revelation 13:16 Greek - English Bible
https://biblehub.com/interlinear/revelation/13-16.htm
5480 [e]
charagma
χάραγμα
a mark
N-ANS
(it’s in the middle of the translations; to the furthest right - FWIW)
The word for “mark” in Revelation 13:16 is “charagma”
Greek word “charagma”:
https://biblehub.com/greek/5480.htm
Strong’s Concordance
charagma: a stamp, impress
Original Word: χάραγμα, ατος, τό
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Transliteration: charagma
Phonetic Spelling: (khar’-ag-mah)
Definition: a stamp, impress
Usage: sculpture; engraving, a stamp, sign.
HELPS Word-studies
5480 xáragma – properly, an engraving (etching); (figuratively) a mark providing undeniable identification, like a symbol giving irrefutable connection between parties.
5480 /xáragma (”brand-mark”) was originally any impress on a coin or a seal, used by an engraver on a die (stamp, branding iron). 5480 (xáragma) later became “the identification-marker” (like with an owner’s unique “brand-mark”).
The KJV uses “in”
Many other translations use “on”
It’s “epi”
Example: Your outer layer of skin is your (epi)dermis - epidermis
The “Mark” is the Greek word “charagma” - a stamp of ownership; a tattoo
Revelation 13:16
New King James Version
16 He causes all, both small and great,
rich and poor, free and slave,
to receive a mark ON their right hand or ON their foreheads,
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation+13%3A16&version=NKJV
KJV uses “IN” - with “epi” I believe that “ON” is more accurate and indeed, as far as I can tell, most translations use “ON”
Revelation 13:16
King James Version
16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark IN their right hand, or IN their foreheads:
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Philippians%201%3A18&version=ESV
“epi” - as in epidermis