ἈΜΗΝ, ἀμην
AMĒN, amēn
Sounds Like: ah-MEN
Translations: Amen, truly, verily, so be it
From the root: ἈΜΗΝ
Part of Speech: Adverb, Interjection
Explanation: This word is used to express affirmation, agreement, or a solemn declaration. It can be translated as 'truly' or 'verily' when used to emphasize a statement, or as 'Amen' at the end of prayers, hymns, or declarations to signify 'so be it' or 'let it be so'. It conveys a sense of certainty and truth.
Inflection: Does not inflect
Strong’s number: G0281 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 10:22
Clement of Rome
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Three — 5:26
Mathetes
- Letter to Diognetus — 12:9
Polycarp of Smyrna
Pseudo Clement of Rome
- Clement’s Second Letter — 20:5
Pseudo-Baruch
- The Greek Apocalypse of Baruch (3 Baruch) — 17:4
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 1 Chronicles — 16:36
- Ezra (Alpha) — 9:47
- Nehemiah — 5:13, 8:6
- Judith — 16:25
- Tobit — 8:8, 8:8, 14:15, 14:15
- 3 Maccabees — 7:23
- 4 Maccabees — 18:24
- Odes — 8:15, 14:25, 14:35
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Matthew — 5:18, 5:26, 6:2, 6:5, 6:16, 8:10, 10:15, 10:23, 10:42, 11:11, 13:17, 16:28, 17:20, 18:3, 18:13, 18:18, 19:23, 19:28, 21:21, 21:31, 23:36, 24:2, 24:34, 24:47, 25:12, 25:40, 25:45, 26:13, 26:21, 26:34
- Mark — 3:28, 8:12, 9:1, 9:41, 10:15, 10:29, 11:23, 12:43, 13:30, 14:9, 14:18, 14:25, 14:30
- Luke — 4:24, 12:37, 18:17, 18:29, 21:32, 23:43
- John — 1:52, 3:3, 3:5, 3:11, 5:19, 5:24, 5:25, 6:26, 6:32, 6:47, 6:53, 8:34, 8:51, 8:58, 10:1, 10:7, 12:24, 13:16, 13:20, 13:21, 13:38, 14:12, 16:20, 16:23, 21:18
- Romans — 1:25, 9:5, 11:36, 15:33, 16:27
- 1 Corinthians — 14:16
- 2 Corinthians — 1:20
- Galatians — 1:5, 6:18
- Ephesians — 3:21
- Philippians — 4:20
- 1 Thessalonians — 3:13
- 1 Timothy — 1:17, 6:16
- 2 Timothy — 4:18
- Hebrews — 13:21
- 1 Peter — 4:11, 5:11
- Jude — 1:25
- Revelation — 1:6, 1:7, 3:14, 5:14, 7:12, 19:4, 22:20
Twelve Disciples
- The Didache — 10:6
From the same root
No other words from the same root, ἈΜΗΝ, appear in our texts.
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