amen

See also amén, and àmen

English

Etymology

From Ecclesiastical Latin amen, from Ancient Greek ἀμήν (amên), from Classical Hebrew אמן (“certainly, truly”) (cognate with Arabic آمين (’amīn), Syriac ܐܡܝܢ ('āmēyn))

Pronunciation

• IPA: /eɪˈmɛn/, /ɑːˈmɛn/, SAMPA: /eI"mEn/, /A:"mEn/
• Rhymes: -ɛn

Adverb

amen (not comparable)

1. At the end of Judeo-Christian prayers: so be it.
   • 1662, Book of Common Prayer:

     Thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.

   • KJV, Nehemiah 5:13:

     Also I shook my lap, and said, So God shake out every man from his house, and from his labour, that performeth not this promise, even thus be he shaken out, and emptied. And all the congregation said, Amen, and praised the Lord. And the people did according to this promise. — Nehemiah 5:13, KJV

   • KJV, Psalm 72:18-19:

     Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things. And blessed be his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth be filled with his glory; Amen, and Amen.

2. At the end of a creed or in Biblical translations: truly, verily.
   • Rhemish Translation, John 3:5:

     Amen, amen, I say to thee, except a man be born again, he can not see the kingdom of God.

Translations

so be it

Arabic: آمين (ar) ('aamiin) Aramaic: Syriac: ܐܡܝܢ (’āmēyn) Hebrew: אמין (’āmēyn) Armenian: ամեն (hy) (amen) Bulgarian: амин (bg) Chinese: Mandarin: 阿門 (cmn), 阿门 (cmn) (āmén) Czech: amen (cs) Dutch: amen (nl) Estonian: aamen (et) Finnish: aamen (fi) French: amen (fr) German: Amen (de) Greek: αμήν (el) (amín) Ancient: ἀμήν (amen)

Hebrew: אמן (he) (amen) Hungarian: ámen (hu) Italian: amen (it) Japanese: アーメン (ja) (āmen) Korean: 아멘 (ko) (amen) Navajo: tʼáá ákótʼée doo Norwegian: amen (no) Persian: آمین (fa) (âmin) Polish: amen (pl) Portuguese: amém (pt) Russian: аминь (ru) (amín’) Scottish Gaelic: amen (gd) Slovene: amen (sl) Spanish: amén (es) Turkish: amin (tr) Veps: amin'

truly, verily

Arabic: آمين (ar) ('aamiin) Aramaic: Syriac: ܐܡܝܢ (’āmēyn) Hebrew: אמין (’āmēyn) Armenian: ամեն (hy) (amen) Bulgarian: амин (bg) Chinese: Mandarin: 阿門 (cmn), 阿门 (cmn) (āmén) Czech: amen (cs) Dutch: amen (nl)

Finnish: totisesti (fi) French: amen (fr) German: Amen (de) Greek: αμήν (el) (amín) Italian: amen (it) Japanese: アーメン (ja) (āmen) Korean: 아멘 (ko) (amen) Polish: amen (pl) Portuguese: amém (pt) Russian: аминь (ru) (amín’) Scottish Gaelic: amen (gd)

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Serbo-Croatian: amin Dutch: amen Hebrew: אמן (’amîn) Icelandic: amen (is)

Kurdish: amîn (ku) Persian: آمین (âmin) Portuguese: amém Romanian: amin Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: амин Roman: amin Swedish: amen (sv) Turkish: amin

Quotations

• 1999 May, Matt Groening, “Hell Is Other Robots”, Futurama, season 1, episode 9

  Fry: Bender's stupid religion is driving me nuts!

  Leela: Amen!

Interjection

amen

1. An expression of strong agreement.

Translations

expression of strong agreement

Catalan: amén (ca) Dutch: amen (nl), amen en uit

Greek: αμήν (el) (amín) Turkish: amin (tr)

Noun

amen (plural amens)

1. An instance of saying ‘amen’.
2. A title of Christ; the Faithful One (especially with reference to Revelation 3:14)

   • 1611, And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God — Revelation 3:14, KJV

Translations

instance of saying amen

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Aramaic: Syriac: ܐܡܝܢ (’āmēyn) Hebrew: אמין (’āmēyn) Dutch: amen, beaming French: amen (fr) m.

Persian: آمین

Verb

amen (third-person singular simple present amens, present participle amening, simple past and past participle amened)

1. To say Amen.

   The whole congregation amened in unison.

Translations

say amen

Anagrams

• mane
• mean
• MENA
• name, NAmE
• NEMA
• NMEA

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Catalan

Verb

amen

1. Third-person plural present indicative form of amar.

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

From Latin, from Semitic.

Interjection

amen

1. At the end of Judeo-Christian prayers: so be it.
2. An expression of strong agreement.

Synonyms

• amen en uit

Noun

amen n. (plural amens, diminutive amentje)

1. An instance of saying ‘amen’.

Derived terms

• beamen

Verb

amen

1. first-person singular present indicative of amenen.
2. imperative of amenen.

Etymology 2

Noun

amen

1. indicative of aam.

Anagrams

• mane, name

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French

Etymology

From Ecclesiastical Latin amen, from Ancient Greek ἀμήν (amên); see etymology for English amen (above).

Adverb

amen

1. amen

Noun

amen m. (plural amens)

1. amen

Anagrams

• mena

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Galician

Verb

amen

1. third-person plural present subjunctive of amar

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Gothic

Romanization

amēn

1. Romanization of 𐌰𐌼𐌴𐌽

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Icelandic

Adverb

amen

1. At the end of prayers: so be it.

   • Í guðanna bænum, amen.

2. At the end of a creeds or in Biblical translations: truly, verily.

Interjection

amen

1. Expressing strong agreement.

Anagrams

• nema

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈamɛn/

Interjection

amen

1. amen

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Spanish

Verb

amen (infinitive amar)

1. Second-person plural (ustedes) imperative form of amar.
2. Second-person plural (ustedes) present subjunctive form of amar.
3. Third-person plural (ellos, ellas, also used with ustedes^?) present subjunctive form of amar.