אָמֵן amen
Hebrew word for “amen” · Strong’s H543 · used 30 times in 24 verses
Meaning
verily, truly, amen, so be it
How it is translated
Glosses given for amen in context, with how often each is used:
- amen 28
- surely 2
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deuteronomy | 12 | 0.8 | |
| Psalms | 7 | 0.4 | |
| Nehemiah | 3 | 0.6 | |
| Numbers | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Isaiah | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Jeremiah | 2 | 0.1 | |
| 1 Kings | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 1 Chronicles | 1 | 0.1 |
Chapters where it is used most
Deuteronomy 27 (12), Numbers 5 (1), 1 Kings 1 (1), 1 Chronicles 16 (1), Nehemiah 5 (1), Nehemiah 8 (1), Psalms 41 (1), Psalms 72 (1), Psalms 89 (1), Psalms 106 (1)
Forms
- אמן 27
- ואמן 3
Words used with it
Words that share verses with amen more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- אָרַר arar “to curse” 13
- בָּרַךְ barakh “to bless” 7
- עוֹלָם olam “forever” 5
- שָׁכַב shakhav “to lie down” 4
- עָנָה anah “to answer” 4
- הָלַל halal “to boast” 3
- קוּם qum “to arise” 4
- סֵתֶר seter “secrecy” 2
- עִם im “with” 4
- אָב av “father” 4
- רֵעַ rea “neighbor” 2
- שָׁבַע shava “to swear” 2
Key verses
The verses using amen that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Numbers 5:22 — 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.
- Deuteronomy 27:15 — Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or molten image, an abomination unto the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and putteth it in a secret…
- Deuteronomy 27:16 — Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
- Deuteronomy 27:19 — Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.
- Deuteronomy 27:26 — Cursed be he that confirmeth not all the words of this law to do them. And all the people shall say, Amen.
- Nehemiah 5:13 — 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,…
- Nehemiah 8:6 — 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…
- Psalms 41:13 — Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting, and to everlasting. Amen, and Amen.
- Psalms 72:19 — And blessed be his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth be filled with his glory; Amen, and Amen.
- Isaiah 65:16 — 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…
- Jeremiah 11:5 — That I may perform the oath which I have sworn unto your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is this day. Then answered I, and…
- Jeremiah 28:6 — Even the prophet Jeremiah said, Amen: the LORD do so: the LORD perform thy words which thou hast prophesied, to bring again the vessels of the LORD’s house,…
See all 24 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.