amen · amen

What it means

amen (אָמֵן) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “amen”.

"so it is," "so be it." Whoever says it accepts as firm and true what has just been said.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. "So it is, so be it": accepting what was said as true.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Numbers×2
• Deuteronomy×12
• 1 Kings×1
• 1 Chronicles×1
• Nehemiah×3
• Psalms×7
• Isaiah×2
• Jeremiah×2

• Numbers 5:22

  may this water that brings a curse go into your bowels to make the belly swell and the thigh sag.’ And the woman shall say, ‘Amen, amen.’

• Deuteronomy 27:15

  ‘Cursed be the man who makes a carved image or a cast image, an abomination to YHWH, the work of the hands of a craftsman, and sets it up in secret.’ And all the people shall answer and say, ‘Amen.’

• Deuteronomy 27:16

  ‘Cursed be he who treats with contempt his father and his mother.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

• Deuteronomy 27:17

  ‘Cursed be he who moves his neighbor’s boundary marker.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

• Deuteronomy 27:18

  ‘Cursed be he who misleads a blind man on the way.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

• Deuteronomy 27:19

  ‘Cursed be he who perverts the justice due the resident alien, the orphan, and the widow.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

• Deuteronomy 27:20

  ‘Cursed be he who lies with his father’s wife, because he has uncovered the edge of the garment of his father.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

• Deuteronomy 27:21

  ‘Cursed be he who lies with any animal.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

• Deuteronomy 27:22

  ‘Cursed be he who lies with his sister, his father’s daughter or his mother’s daughter.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

• Deuteronomy 27:23

  ‘Cursed be he who lies with his mother-in-law.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

• Deuteronomy 27:24

  ‘Cursed be he who strikes his neighbor in secret.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

• Deuteronomy 27:25

  ‘Cursed be he who takes a bribe to strike down a person, innocent blood.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

• Deuteronomy 27:26

  ‘Cursed be he who does not confirm the words of this instruction by doing them.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’”

• 1 Kings 1:36

  And Benaiah son of Jehoiada answered the king and said, “Amen! May YHWH, the Elohim of my lord the king, say so.

• 1 Chronicles 16:36

  Blessed be YHWH, the Elohim of Israel, from eternity to eternity.” And all the people said, “Amen,” and praised YHWH.

• Nehemiah 5:13

  I also shook out my lap and said, “So may Elohim shake out every man who does not fulfill this word, from his house and from his labor; and so may he be shaken out and empty.” And all the assembly said, “Amen.” And they praised YHWH. And the people did according to this word.

• Nehemiah 8:6

  And Ezra blessed YHWH, the great Elohim; and all the people answered, “Amen, amen,” lifting up their hands; and they bowed and prostrated themselves before YHWH with their faces to the ground.

• Psalms 41:13

  Blessed be YHWH, the Elohim of Israel, from eternity and to eternity. Amen and amen.

• Psalms 72:19

  And blessed be his glorious name forever, and may all the earth be filled with his glory. Amen and amen.

• Psalms 89:52

  Blessed be YHWH forever. Amen and amen.

• Psalms 106:48

  Blessed be YHWH, the Elohim of Israel, from eternity to eternity. And let all the people say, “Amen.” Praise Yah.

• Isaiah 65:16

  So that whoever blesses himself in the land will bless himself by the Elohim of Amen, and whoever swears in the land will swear by the Elohim of Amen; for the former distresses have been forgotten, and because they have been hidden from my eyes.

• Jeremiah 11:5

  so as to fulfill the oath that I swore to your fathers to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is this day.’” And I answered and said: “Amen, YHWH.”

• Jeremiah 28:6

  and Jeremiah the prophet said: “Amen! May YHWH do so; may YHWH confirm your words that you have prophesied, to bring back the vessels of the house of YHWH and all the exiles from Babylon to this place.

And 6 more times.