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0281 – ἀμήν (amen)

verily


Type:
Particle indeclinable
Greek: ἀμήν (amen)
Pronunciation: am-ane    Listen
Gematria: 99(1 + 40 + 8 + 50)    words with the same gematria
Origin: Of Hebrew origin H0543
Usage: 128 times in NA, 151 times in TR     

Description

  1. Firm.
    1. Metaphor: Faithful.
  2. Verily, amen.
    1. At the beginning of a discourse - surely, truly, of a truth.
    2. At the ens'so it is, so be it, may it be fulfilled. 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.


Equivalent Hebrew/Aramaic words

In the Greek Septuagint (LXX) translation, the following Hebrew/Aramaic words have been translated into amen :

אָמֵןamenH0543amen
עָמַםamamH6004to darken

Alternative forms

Grammatical code shortcode Swedish Quantity
Interjection Interjection
Hebrew Hebrew
INJ-HEB-128


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References (128 occurances in 102 verses)




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