G281Greekamen, verily
amen, verily
properly, firm, i.e., (figuratively) trustworthy; adverbially, surely (often as interjection, so be it)
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Detailed Definition
- 1firm
- 2metaphorically faithful
- 3at the beginning of a discourse: surely, truly, of a truth
- 4at the end: so it is, so be it, may it be fulfilled
- 5verily, amen
Etymology & Derivation
of hebrew origin (h0543)
Scholarly Notes
it was a custom, which passed over from the synagogues to the christian assemblies, that when he who had read or discoursed, had offered up solemn prayer to god, the others responded "amen," and thus made the substance of what was uttered their own.