amen
Part of speech: intj
adv
noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
Etymology: Etymology tree
Biblical Hebrew אָמֵןbor.
Koine Greek ᾱ̓μήν (āmḗn)bor.
Ecclesiastical Latin āmēnder.
Old English āmen
Middle English amen
English amen
Inherited from Middle English amen, from Old English āmen, from Ecclesiastical Latin āmēn, from Ancient Greek ἀμήν (amḗn), from Biblical Hebrew אָמֵן (ʾāmēn, “certainly, verily”) (cognate with Arabic آمِينَ (ʔāmīna), Classical Syriac ܐܡܝܢ (ʾāmên)).
In Old English, it was used only at the end of the Gospels; elsewhere, it was translated as sōþlīċe! (“truly, indeed!”), swā hit is (“so it is”), and sīe! (“[so] be it!”).
Inflected forms:
form: amens
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: amens
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: amening
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: amened
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: amened
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: At the end of a religious prayer: so be it.
pos: intj
examples: As it was in the beginning, is nowe, and euerſhall be: worlde without ende. Amen.
Alſo I ſhooke my lap, and ſaid, So God ſhake out euery man from his houſe, and from his labour, that performeth not this promiſe, euen 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.
Bleſſed be the Lord God, the God of Iſrael, who only doth wonderous things. And bleſſed be his glorious name for euer, and let the whole earth be filled with his glory. Amen, and Amen.
For thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.
May GOD, to Whom be praise and whose name be exalted, the King of Kings, vouchsafe His grace and may the Prophet Muhammed (on whom be the benediction and peace of GOD) grant His Blessings to this Proclamation. Amen! O Lord of the Universe!
gloss: Used to indicate emphatic agreement.
pos: intj
tags: colloquial
examples: Fry: Bender's stupid religion is driving me nuts! / Leela: Amen!
gloss: Certainly; verily.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: Iesvs anſvvered, Amen, Amen I ſay to thee, Vnles a man be borne againe of vvater and the Spirit, he can not enter into the kingdom of God.
gloss: An instance of saying ‘amen’.
pos: noun
examples: The amens of the dusty clerk appear, like Macbeth’s, to stick in his throat a little; but Captain Cuttle helps him out, […]
[H]is `Amens' were ejected at the pulpit with the severity of a reprimand.
A chorus of amens rang out across the audience.
gloss: To say amen.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: The moment Dr. Reid amened, we rushed straight out of the church off home.
Most of the church amened and applauded.
She must be thinking Reverend Hopkins is talking directly to her, because she starts amening and shouting real loud when he gets to the part in Proverbs […]
gloss: To say amen to; to ratify solemnly.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: spending the first half of the rally amening any mention of God or Reagan
Derived words: and the church says amen
awoman
yes and amen
Translations:
lang: Afrikaans
word: amen
lang: Albanian
word: amin
lang: Amharic
word: አሜን
roman: ʾämen
lang: Arabic
word: آمِينَ
roman: ʔāmīna
lang: Aramaic
word: ܐܡܝܢ
roman: ʾāmên
lang: Aramaic
word: אָמֵן
roman: ʾāmēn
lang: Armenian
word: ամեն
roman: amen
lang: Azerbaijani
word: amin
lang: Belarusian
word: амі́н
roman: amín
lang: Bulgarian
word: ами́н
roman: amín
lang: Catalan
word: amén
lang: Cherokee
word: ᎡᎺᏅ
roman: emenv
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 阿們 /阿们
roman: aa³ mun⁴
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 亞孟 /亚孟
roman: aa³ maang⁶
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 誠心所願 /诚心所愿
roman: sing⁴ sam¹ so² jyun⁶
lang: Hakka Chinese
word: 阿愐
roman: â-mén, a-mén
lang: Chinese
word: a-men
lang: Chinese
word: 心所願 /心所愿
roman: sim-só͘-goān
lang: Chinese
word: 亞孟 /亚孟
roman: a-bēng, à-bēng
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 阿門 /阿门
roman: āmén
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 阿們 /阿们
roman: āmén
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 亞孟 /亚孟
roman: yàmèng
lang: Coptic
word: ⲁⲙⲏⲛ
roman: amēn
lang: Czech
word: amen
lang: Danish
word: amen
lang: Dutch
word: amen
lang: Esperanto
word: amen
lang: Estonian
word: aamen
lang: Farefare
word: amina
lang: Faroese
word: amen
lang: Faroese
word: ámmin
lang: Finnish
word: aamen
lang: French
word: amen
lang: Ge'ez
word: አሜን
roman: ʾämen
lang: Georgian
word: ამინ
roman: amin
lang: German
word: amen
lang: Greek
word: αμήν
roman: amín
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ἀμήν
roman: amḗn
lang: Gujarati
word: આમેન
roman: āmen
lang: Gujarati
word: તથાસ્તુ
roman: tathāstu
lang: Gujarati
word: આમીન
roman: āmīn
lang: Hausa
word: amin
lang: Hebrew
word: אָמֵן
roman: amén
lang: Hindi
word: तथास्तु
roman: tathāstu
lang: Hungarian
word: ámen
lang: Icelandic
word: amen
lang: Indonesian
word: amin
lang: Irish
word: áiméan
lang: Italian
word: amen
lang: Italian
word: così sia
lang: Japanese
word: アーメン
roman: āmen
lang: Kapampangan
word: yanasa
lang: Kapampangan
word: amen
lang: Kazakh
word: әумин
roman: äumin
lang: Old Komi
word: 𐍐𐍜𐍙𐍝
roman: amjn
lang: Konkani
word: आमेन
roman: āmen
lang: Konkani
word: ಆಮೆನ್
roman: āmen
lang: Korean
word: 아멘
roman: amen
lang: Kosraean
word: emacn
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: amîn
lang: Latin
word: āmēn
lang: Latvian
word: āmen
lang: Lithuanian
word: amen
lang: Macedonian
word: амин
roman: amin
lang: Malay
word: amin
lang: Māori
word: āmine
lang: Māori
word: āmene
lang: Middle English
word: zuo by hit
lang: Navajo
word: tʼáá ákótʼée doo
lang: Norwegian
word: amen
lang: Church Slavic
word: аминь
roman: aminĭ
lang: Church Slavic
word: ⰰⰿⰻⱀⱐ
roman: aminĭ
lang: Parthian
word: 𐭀𐭌𐭉𐭍
lang: Persian
word: آمین
roman: âmin
lang: Polabian
word: amen
lang: Polish
word: amen
lang: Portuguese
word: amém
lang: Romanian
word: amin
lang: Russian
word: ами́нь
roman: amínʹ
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: amen
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: амен
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: amen
lang: Slovak
word: amen
lang: Slovene
word: amen
lang: Spanish
word: amén
lang: Swahili
word: amina
lang: Swedish
word: amen
lang: Tagalog
word: amen
lang: Tagalog
word: siya nawa
lang: Tajik
word: омин
roman: omin
lang: Thai
word: อามิน
lang: Thai
word: เอเมน
lang: Thai
word: อาเมน
lang: Tok Pisin
word: tru
lang: Tonsawang
word: ulit
lang: Turkish
word: amin
lang: Ukrainian
word: амі́нь
roman: amínʹ
lang: Urdu
word: آمین
roman: āmīn
lang: Uyghur
word: ئامىن
roman: amin
lang: Uzbek
word: omin
lang: Veps
word: aminʹ
lang: Vietnamese
word: a men
lang: Wolaytta
word: amin"i
lang: Yiddish
word: אָמן
roman: omeyn
lang: Yoruba
word: àmí
lang: Yoruba
word: ààmí
lang: Yoruba
word: àmín