2006-08-15 06:10:03 · 17 answers · asked by W L W 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
It means so be it
2006-08-15 06:15:22 · answer #1 · answered by imhm2004 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
1 -firm
metaph. faithful
2 -verily, amen
a - at the beginning of a discourse - surely, truly, of a truth
b - at the end - so it is, so be it, may it be fulfilled. It was a custom, which passed over from the synagogues to the Christian assemblies, that when he who had read or discoursed, had offered up solemn prayer to God, the others responded Amen, and thus made the substance of what was uttered their own.
The word "amen" is a most remarkable word. It was transliterateddirectly from the Hebrew into the Greek of the New Testament, theninto Latin and into English and many other languages, so that it ispractically a universal word. It has been called the best known wordin human speech. The word is directly related -- in fact, almostidentical -- to the Hebrew word for "believe" (amam), or faithful.Thus, it came to mean "sure" or "truly", an expression of absolutetrust and confidence. -- HMM
2006-08-15 13:24:29 · answer #2 · answered by endrshadow 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Amen means "In the name of the Truth "
2006-08-15 14:32:16 · answer #3 · answered by HERMAN K 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Amen, brothers and sisters, means (see below.)
2006-08-15 13:16:41 · answer #4 · answered by johnslat 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Amen comes from Hebrew and it means "verily/so be it"
2006-08-15 13:36:53 · answer #5 · answered by oneclassicmaiden 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Amen means "so be it".
2006-08-15 14:44:56 · answer #6 · answered by old lady 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means "so be it". It shows reverent agreement w/ & to the words of a prayer.
2006-08-15 13:19:08 · answer #7 · answered by karaokecatlady 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The right pronouciation for it in it's original language is Ameen (meen pronounced like mean)
and it means "I believe..."
2006-08-15 13:15:41 · answer #8 · answered by Diablous 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hooyaaa!
2006-08-19 00:13:33 · answer #9 · answered by jmiller 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"So be it"
As in, "yes" or "indeed."
It kind of reminds me of Yul Brenner in "The Ten Commandments" movie: "So it shall be written, so it shall be done."
2006-08-15 19:05:44 · answer #10 · answered by poohba 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋