2006-10-28 04:00:54 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
exactly!
it was taken from the name of the Egyptian Deity "amun", also spelled "amen".
you know how these copy cats christians are, they say our "so mote it be" with the name of one of our good old deities.
2006-10-28 04:26:52 · answer #1 · answered by peaceful light 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
AMEN. Heb. ’amēn, ‘surely’, from a root meaning ‘to be firm, steady, trustworthy’; cf. ’emûnâ, ‘faithfulness, ’emeṯ, ‘truth’. It is used in the OT as a liturgical formula in which a congregation or individual accepts both the validity of an oath or curse and its consequences (Nu. 5:22; Dt. 27:15ff.; Ne. 5:13; Je. 11:5). It was also the response to a benediction (1 Ch. 16:36; Ne. 8:6), and is found incorporated in the doxologies which conclude the first four books of Psalms (Ps. 41:13; 72:19; 89:52; 106:48). Other uses are Jeremiah’s ironic response to Hananiah’s prophecy of a brief exile (Je. 28:6) and Benaiah’s willing acceptance of David’s command to make Solomon king (1 Ki. 1:36); in both cases it introduces a prayer for God’s blessing on the proposal. Its connection with both blessings and cursings is sufficient explanation for the description of God as ‘the God of truth (lit. amen)’ in Is. 65:16. Outside the OT, the word is used in a 7th-century bc document to introduce a sworn declaration of innocence: ‘Amen, I am free of guilt … ‘
By NT times the word is regularly used at the close of prayers and doxologies and is a natural response to be expected in public worship (1 Cor. 14:16). Christ’s use of it in the introductory ‘Amen, I say to you’ was probably peculiar to himself, there being no evidence that the apostles followed his example, and gave his words their distinctive Messianic authority. Hence the association of the term with the promises of God, uniquely fulfilled in him (2 Cor. 1:20), and the attribution to him of the title ‘the Amen’ (Rev. 3:14).
2006-10-28 04:09:19 · answer #2 · answered by Nemonator 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, Amen means I agree to what was said in the prayer.
2006-10-28 04:03:55 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This word in both English and Greek is a transliteration from the Hebrew ´a·men´. The meaning is “so be it,” or “surely.” The Hebrew root word from which it is drawn (´a·man´) means “be faithful; be trustworthy.”
2006-10-28 04:07:32 · answer #4 · answered by Emma 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe you're thinking of Aten, the name of the sun god as decreed by King Akhenaten. http://www.touregypt.net/aten.htm
Some scholars believe that Moses had been priest of Aten who, after the death of Akehenation, taught his monotheist beliefs to the Jews, who had previously worshipped many gods (including the storm god Yahweh, later elevated to an Atenlike, one-god status).
2006-10-28 04:17:54 · answer #5 · answered by Sweetchild Danielle 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it means "so be it", I've also heard it said that it means agreement. Such as at the end of a prayer, we all agree on this. Or there is an agreement with God.
2006-10-28 04:05:35 · answer #6 · answered by smoothsoullady 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Isis and Amenti (both goddesses, and both beautiful names). Isis is associated with life, and Amenti is associated with death. Perfect for golden and black Pharaoh hounds!
2016-03-28 10:03:51 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No - the word 'Amen' simply means 'Let it be so'.
2006-10-28 04:10:31 · answer #8 · answered by padwinlearner 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dont think so amen means it is finished
2006-10-28 04:04:01 · answer #9 · answered by cozjeanda 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it's the hebrew word for "truth".
2006-10-28 04:02:48 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋