Strong's #281: amen (pronounced am-ane')

of Hebrew origin (543); properly, firm, i.e. (figuratively) trustworthy; adverbially, surely (often as interjection, so be it):--amen, verily.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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amēn

1) firm

1a) metaphorically faithful

2) verily, amen

2a) at the beginning of a discourse - surely, truly, of a truth

2b) 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.

Part of Speech: particle indeclinable

Relation: of Hebrew origin H543

Citing in TDNT: 1:335, 53

Usage:

This word is used 153 times:

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Revelation 19:4: "that sat on the throne, saying, Amen; Alleluia."
Revelation 22:20: "Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus."
Revelation 22:21: "be with you all. Amen."

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