Strong's Lexicon

H543

H543 — אָמֵן

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

HebrewamenadverbOccurrences: 30TWOT: 116b

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H543
Word:	אָמֵן
Part of Speech:	adverb
Etymology:	from H539
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	30
Transliteration:	amen
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	aw-mane'
Meaning:	1. sure 2. (abstract) faithfulness 3. adverb, truly
KJV Renderings:	Amen, so be it, truth.

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אָמֵן adverb verily, truly Deut 27:15; Deut 27:26 (12 t.) 1Kgs 1:36; Neh 5:13; Jer 11:5; Jer 28:6 & doxologies 1Chr 16:36 ( = Ps 106:48); אָמֵן (ו) אָמֵן Num 5:22 ( P ) Neh 8:6, & in the doxologies Ps 41:14; Ps 72:19; Ps 8:9; Ps 48. ἀμήν = Amen: אֱלֹהֵי אָמֵן Isa 65:16 (twice in verse) God of Amen De Che RVm ; compare Rev 3:14, or God of faithfulness, God of truth ( RV ) (perhaps read אֹמֶן Che Di).

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

אמן (ah-mehn’)

Numbers 5:22

KJV: And this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, to make thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to rot: And the woman shall say, amen, amen.

EHCC: And the woman shall say, Amen, amen.

1 Kings 1:36

KJV: And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, and said, Amen: the Lord God of my lord the king say so too.

EHCC: answered the king, and said, Amen:

1 Chronicles 16:36

KJV: Blessed be the Lord God of Israel for ever and ever. And all the people said, Amen, and praised the Lord.

EHCC: And all the people said, Amen,

Nehemiah 5:13

KJV: 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.emptied: Heb. empty, or, void

EHCC: all the congregation said, Amen,

Nehemiah 8:6

KJV: And Ezra blessed the Lord, the great God. And all the people answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands: and they bowed their heads, and worshipped the Lord with their faces to the ground.

EHCC: the people answered, Amen, Amen,

Nehemiah 72:19

EHCC: filled (with) his glory; Amen, and Amen:

Nehemiah 89:52

EHCC: (53).for evermore. ‘Amen, and Amen,

Isaiah 65:16

KJV: That he who blesseth himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth; and he that sweareth in the earth shall swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hid from mine eyes.

EHCC: bless himself in the God of truth;

Isaiah 28:6

KJV: And for a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, and for strength to them that turn the battle to the gate.

EHCC: the prophet Jeremiah said, Amen: