ἀμήν

See also: αμήν

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew אָמֵן (āmḗn, “so be it”, “surely”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /aː.mɛ̌ːn/ → /aˈmin/ → /aˈmin/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /aː.mɛ̌ːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈme̝n/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈmin/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈmin/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈmin/

Adverb

ᾱ̓μήν • (āmḗn)

1. truly, certainly
2. so be it

Descendants

• → Coptic: ⲁⲙⲏⲛ (amēn) (Bohairic), ϩⲁⲙⲏⲛ (hamēn) (Sahidic, Fayyumic, Lycopolian)
• → Gothic: 𐌰𐌼𐌴𐌽 (amēn)
• → Latin: āmēn
• → Old Armenian: ամէն (amēn)

References

• “ἀμήν”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀμήν”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἀμήν in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• ἀμήν in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• G281 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible