amen

See also: Amen, amén, and àmen

English

Etymology

From Ecclesiastical Latin āmēn, from Ancient Greek ἀμήν (amēn), from Classical Hebrew אמן (amén, “certainly, truly”) (cognate with Arabic آمين (ʾāmīn), Classical Syriac ܐܡܝܢ ('āmēn))

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eɪˈmɛn/, /ɑːˈmɛn/
• Rhymes: -ɛn

Adverb

amen (not comparable)

1. At the end of religious prayers: so be it.
   • 1997, Contemporary American religion: an ethnographic reader:

     Frequently "Amen" or Baha'u'l-Abha could be heard during devotions

   • 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 Koranic and Biblical translations: truly, verily.
   • 2006, The Islamic Traditions of Cirebon: Ibadat and Adat Among Javanese Muslims, page 103

     Throughout the praying the audience responds repeatedly with Amen.

   • 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.

   At the end of surah Fatiha, you should say amen.

Translations

so be it

• Arabic: آمين (ʾāmīn)
• Aramaic:

  Syriac: ܐܡܝܢ (’āmēn)

  Hebrew: אמן (’āmēn)

• Armenian: ամեն (hy) (amen)
• Bulgarian: амин (bg) (amin)
• Cherokee: ᎡᎺᏅ (emenv)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿門 (zh), 阿门 (zh) (āmén)

• Czech: amen (cs)
• Dutch: amen (nl)
• Estonian: aamen
• Finnish: aamen (fi)
• French: amen (fr)
• German: Amen (de)
• Greek: αμήν (el) (amín)

  Ancient: ἀμήν (amēn)

• Hebrew: אמן (he) (amén)
• Hungarian: ámen (hu)
• Icelandic: amen

• Italian: amen (it), così sia (it)
• Japanese: アーメン (ja) (āmen)
• Korean: 아멘 (amen)
• Latin: amen
• Malay: amin
• Middle English: zuo by hit
• Navajo: tʼáá ákótʼée doo
• Norwegian: amen (no)
• Persian: آمین (fa) (âmin)
• Polish: amen (pl)
• Portuguese: amém (pt)
• Romanian: amin (ro)
• Russian: аминь (ru) (amín’)
• Scottish Gaelic: amen
• Slovene: amen (sl)
• Spanish: amén (es)
• Swedish: amen (sv)
• Tok Pisin: tru
• Turkish: amin (tr)
• Veps: amin'

truly, verily

• Arabic: آمين ('aamiin)
• Aramaic:

  Syriac: ܐܡܝܢ (’āmēyn)

  Hebrew: אמן (’āmēyn)

• Armenian: ամեն (hy) (amen)
• Bulgarian: амин (bg) (amin)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿門 (zh), 阿门 (zh) (āmén)

• Czech: amen (cs)
• Dutch: amen (nl)
• Finnish: totisesti
• French: amen (fr)

• German: Amen (de)
• Greek: αμήν (el) (amín)
• Italian: amen (it)
• Japanese: アーメン (ja) (āmen)
• Korean: 아멘 (amen)
• Malay: amin
• Polish: amen (pl)
• Portuguese: amém (pt)
• Russian: аминь (ru) (amín’)
• Scottish Gaelic: amen
• Tok Pisin: tru

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

• Kurdish: amîn (ku)
• Persian: آمین (fa) (âmin)
• Portuguese: amém
• Romanian: amin
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: амин

  Roman: amin

• Swedish: amen (sv)
• Turkish: amin

Interjection

amen

1. An expression of strong agreement.
   • 1999 May, Matt Groening, “Hell Is Other Robots”, Futurama, season 1, episode 9

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

Translations

expression of strong agreement

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

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

Noun

amen (plural amens)

1. An instance of saying ‘amen’.
   • 2006, Evault Boswell, The Iron Mountain Baby

     A chorus of amens rang out across the audience.

2. A title of Christ; the Faithful One (especially with reference to Revelation 3:14)
   • 1611, — Revelation 3:14, KJV

     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

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

Etymology

From Latin, from Semitic.

Pronunciation

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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 n)

1. An instance of saying ‘amen’.

Derived terms

• beamen

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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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Italian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀμήν (āmēn), from Classical Hebrew אמן (amén, “certainly, truly”) (cognate with Arabic آمين (ʾāmīn), Classical Syriac ܐܡܝܢ ('āmēyn)).

Adverb

amen

1. amen; so be it

Interjection

amen

1. amen!

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀμήν (āmēn), from Classical Hebrew אמן (amén, “certainly, truly”) (cognate with Arabic آمين (ʾāmīn), Classical Syriac ܐܡܝܢ ('āmēyn)).

Adverb

āmēn

1. amen; so be it

Interjection

āmēn

1. amen!

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈamɛn/

• Audio

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Interjection

amen

1. amen

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Portuguese

Interjection

amen

1. Obsolete spelling of amém.

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Spanish

Verb

amen

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.