Names for God in the Bible and the number 16. What does the number 16 mean Biblically? In the King James Bible, the number 16 is defined as love. It is also a number found 23 times and in 23 verses of the King James Bible. The exact number of chromosomes contributed by a father at conception. Let me ask you, who so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son? That would be God.

(John 3:16) “God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”