Word Study · Strong's H543 · Hebrew
אָמֵן
amen
aw-mane'
Strong's 1890 spelling: ʼâmên
“sure”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
sure; abstract, faithfulness; adverb, truly
Rendered in the KJV as
Amen, so be it, truth.
- 30occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 8 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 12inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 30 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 12
- אָמֵֽן׃ ס11
- אָ֘מֵ֥ן׀3
- וְאָמֵֽן׃3
- אָמֵ֗ן2
- אָמֵ֑ן2
- אָמֵ֔ן2
- אָמֵ֥ן׀2
- אָמֵן֙1
- אָמֵ֕ן1
- אָמֵ֤ן׀1
- אָמֵֽן׃1
- אָמֵֽן׃ פ1
How it is rendered · 3
- amen25
- and amen3
- surely2
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- interjection27
- conjunction (“and”) + interjection3
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HTj · 27
- HC/Tj · 3
All 30, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Deuteronomy12 of 30 · 40%
- Psalms7 of 30 · 23%
- Nehemiah3 of 30 · 10%
- Numbers2 of 30 · 7%
- Isaiah2 of 30 · 7%
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Numbers2 occurrences
- Numbers 5:22אָמֵ֥ן׀ʾameninterjectionMay this water that brings a curse enter your stomach and cause your belly to swell and your thigh to shrivel.’ Then the woman is to say, ‘Amen, Amen.’here: amen
- Numbers 5:22אָמֵֽן׃ʾameninterjectionMay this water that brings a curse enter your stomach and cause your belly to swell and your thigh to shrivel.’ Then the woman is to say, ‘Amen, Amen.’here: amen
Deuteronomy12 occurrences
- Deuteronomy 27:15אָמֵֽן׃ סʾameninterjection‘Cursed is the man who makes a carved idol or molten image—an abomination to the LORD, the work of the hands of a craftsman—and sets it up in secret.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’here: amen
- Deuteronomy 27:16אָמֵֽן׃ סʾameninterjection‘Cursed is he who dishonors his father or mother.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’here: amen
- Deuteronomy 27:17אָמֵֽן׃ סʾameninterjection‘Cursed is he who moves his neighbor’s boundary stone.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’here: amen
- Deuteronomy 27:18אָמֵֽן׃ סʾameninterjection‘Cursed is he who lets a blind man wander in the road.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’here: amen
- Deuteronomy 27:19אָמֵֽן׃ סʾameninterjection‘Cursed is he who withholds justice from the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’here: amen
- Deuteronomy 27:20אָמֵֽן׃ סʾameninterjection‘Cursed is he who sleeps with his father’s wife, for he has violated his father’s marriage bed.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’here: amen
- Deuteronomy 27:21אָמֵֽן׃ סʾameninterjection‘Cursed is he who lies with any animal.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’here: amen
- Deuteronomy 27:22אָמֵֽן׃ סʾameninterjection‘Cursed is he who sleeps with his sister, the daughter of his father or the daughter of his mother.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’here: amen
- Deuteronomy 27:23אָמֵֽן׃ סʾameninterjection‘Cursed is he who sleeps with his mother-in-law.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’here: amen
- Deuteronomy 27:24אָמֵֽן׃ סʾameninterjection‘Cursed is he who strikes down his neighbor in secret.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’here: amen
- Deuteronomy 27:25אָמֵֽן׃ סʾameninterjection‘Cursed is he who accepts a bribe to kill an innocent person.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’here: amen
- Deuteronomy 27:26אָמֵֽן׃ פʾameninterjection‘Cursed is he who does not put the words of this law into practice.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’here: amen
1 Kings1 occurrence
1 Chronicles1 occurrence
Nehemiah3 occurrences
- Nehemiah 5:13אָמֵ֗ןʾameninterjectionI also shook out the folds of my robe and said, “May God likewise shake out of His house and possession every man who does not keep this promise. May such a man be shaken out and have nothing!” The whole assembly said, “Amen,” and they praised the LORD. And the people did as they had promised.here: amen
- Nehemiah 8:6אָמֵ֤ן׀ʾameninterjectionThen Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God, and with their hands uplifted, all the people said, “Amen, Amen!” Then they bowed down and worshiped the LORD with their faces to the ground.here: amen
- Nehemiah 8:6אָמֵן֙ʾameninterjectionThen Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God, and with their hands uplifted, all the people said, “Amen, Amen!” Then they bowed down and worshiped the LORD with their faces to the ground.here: amen
Psalms7 occurrences
- Psalms 41:13אָ֘מֵ֥ן׀ʾameninterjectionBlessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Amen and Amen.here: amen
- Psalms 41:13וְאָמֵֽן׃veamenconjunction (“and”) + interjectionBlessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Amen and Amen.here: and amen
- Psalms 72:19אָ֘מֵ֥ן׀ʾameninterjectionAnd blessed be His glorious name forever; may all the earth be filled with His glory. Amen and amen.here: amen
- Psalms 72:19וְאָמֵֽן׃veamenconjunction (“and”) + interjectionAnd blessed be His glorious name forever; may all the earth be filled with His glory. Amen and amen.here: and amen
- Psalms 89:52אָ֘מֵ֥ן׀ʾameninterjectionBlessed be the LORD forever! Amen and amen.here: amen
- Psalms 89:52וְאָמֵֽן׃veamenconjunction (“and”) + interjectionBlessed be the LORD forever! Amen and amen.here: and amen
- Psalms 106:48אָמֵ֗ןʾameninterjectionBlessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Let all the people say, “Amen!” Hallelujah!here: amen
Isaiah2 occurrences
- Isaiah 65:16אָמֵ֔ןʾameninterjectionWhoever invokes a blessing in the land will do so by the God of truth, and whoever takes an oath in the land will swear by the God of truth. For the former troubles will be forgotten and hidden from My sight.here: surely
- Isaiah 65:16אָמֵ֑ןʾameninterjectionWhoever invokes a blessing in the land will do so by the God of truth, and whoever takes an oath in the land will swear by the God of truth. For the former troubles will be forgotten and hidden from My sight.here: surely
Jeremiah2 occurrences
- Jeremiah 11:5אָמֵ֥ן׀ʾameninterjectionThis was in order to establish the oath I swore to your forefathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is to this day.” “Amen, LORD,” I answered.here: amen
- Jeremiah 28:6אָמֵ֕ןʾameninterjection“Amen!” Jeremiah said. “May the LORD do so! May the LORD fulfill the words you have prophesied, and may He restore the articles of His house and all the exiles back to this place from Babylon.here: amen