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1 ἀμήν
ἀμήν (LXX occas. for אָמֵן, usu. transl. by γένοιτο; taken over by Christians; in pap symbol. expressed by the number 99 [α=1 + μ=40 + η=8 + ν=50; ESchaefer, PIand I 29], but also as ἀμήν [POxy 1058, 5]. Ins: ISyriaW 1918; MvOppenheim-HLucas, ByzZ 14, 1905, p. 34ff, nos. 36, 39, 46, 84)ⓐ as expression of faith let it be so, truly, amen liturgical formula at the end of the liturgy, spoken by the congregation (cp. 1 Ch 16:36; 2 Esdr 15:13; 18:6; TestSol, TestAbr; TestJob 53:8; GrBar 17:4; ApcEsdr 7 end; ApcMos); hence τὸ ἀ. λέγειν 1 Cor 14:16, cp. Rv 5:14. At the end of a doxology (cp. 3 Macc 7:23; 4 Macc 18:24; Mel., P. 45, 323; 65, 466) Mt 6:13 v.l.; Ro 1:25; 9:5; 11:36; 15:33; 16:24 v.l., 27; Gal 1:5; 6:18; Eph 3:21; Phil 4:20, 23 v.l.; 1 Ti 1:17; 6:16; 2 Ti 4:18; Hb 13:21, 25 v.l.; 1 Pt 4:11; 5:11; Jd 25; Rv 1:6; 7:12; 1 Cl 20:12; 32:4; 38:4; 43:6; 45:8; 50:7; 58:2; 61:3; 65:2; 2 Cl 20:5; AcPl Ha 2, 34. W. ναί as transl.: ναί, ἁ., yes (so shall it be), amen Rv 1:7. Sim. γένοιτο, ἀμήν GJs 6:2, cp. ἀμήν 7:1 (pap, some mss. ἀ. γένοιτο as TestAbr A 2 p.79, 14 [Stone p. 6]; Just., A I, 65, 4, τὸ Ἀμὴν … Γένοιτο σημαίνει=‘Amen’ means ‘May it be so’).—Accord. to later custom (cp. Tob; 3 and 4 Macc; ApcSed 16:10 p. 137, 19 Ja.; Cyranides p. 124, 18 Ἀμήν• τέλος• ἀμήν• ἀμήν) ἀ. was almost always put at the end of books, but not in the older mss. (and hence v.l.) Mt 28:20; Mk 16:20; Lk 24:53; J 21:25; Ac 28:31; 1 Cor 16:24; 2 Cor 13:13; Hb 13:25; GJs 25:2 al. The liturg. formula is extended to ἀ. ἁλληλουϊά (q.v.) after the doxology Rv 19:4; to ἀ., ἔρχου κύριε Ἰησοῦ (cp. μαρὰν ἀθᾶ) 22:20 or μαρὰν ἀθᾶ ἀ. D 10:6.—At beginning and end of a doxology Rv 7:12.—τὸ ἀ. (w. τὸ ναί): διὸ καὶ διʼ αὐτοῦ τὸ ἀ. τῷ θεῷ πρὸς δόξαν therefore the ‘amen’ is spoken through him to God’s glory (w. ref. to the liturgical use of ‘amen’) 2 Cor 1:20; s. 1 Cor 14:16, above.—Henceⓑ asseverative particle, truly, always w. λέγω, beginning a solemn declaration but used only by Jesus (I assure you that, I solemnly tell you) Mt 5:18, 26; 6:2, 5, 16; 8:10 al. Mk 3:28; 8:12; 9:1 al. Lk 4:24; 12:37; vs. 44 v.l.; 18:17 al. (JO’Neill, JTS 10, ’59, 1–9). For this J always has ἀμὴν ἀμὴν λέγω (OT אָמֵן אָמֵן [Num 5:22; 2 Esdr 18:6; Ps 41:14; 72:19], Gk. mostly γένοιτο, γένοιτο, but 2 Esdr 18:6 ἀμήν and in the corresp. passage 1 Esdr 9:47 likew., w. the v.l. ἀμ. ἀμ. [as in PGM 22b, 21; 25], only to strengthen a preceding statement) 1:51; 3:3, 5, 11; 5:19, 24f al. On the emphatic force of repetition s. Rdm.2 68, 1. Cp. Aristaen., Ep. 1, 24 εὐθὺς εὐ.; 2, 13 οἶδα οἶ.② Christ as the ultimate affirmation, the Amen, ὁ ἀ., only in the enigmatic lang. of Rv, explained as ὁ μάρτυς ὁ πιστὸς κ. ἀληθινός 3:14 (Ps 88:38); LGillet, ET 56, ’44/45, 134–36; LSilbermann, JBL 82, ’63, 213–15.—On the word gener. Dalman, Worte 185; Jesus 27f (Eng. tr. 30); PGlaue, Amen: ZKG, n.F. 7, 1925, 184–98; EPeterson, Εἷς θεός, 1926, index; DDaube JTS 45, ’44, 27–31; Goodsp., Probs., 96–98; FSchilling, ATR 38, ’56, 175–81; AStuiber, JAC 1, ’58, 153–59; JGreig, Studia Evangelica 5, ’68, 10–13; KBerger, Die Amen-Worte Jesu, ’70, ZNW 63, ’72, 45–75; STalmon, Textus 7, ’69, 124–29; JStrugnell, HTR 67, 177–82; PGlaue, RAC I 378–80.—M-M. TW.
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