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The word '''Amenamen''' (Hebrew: אָמֵן; "So so be it; truly") is a declaration of affirmation found in the [[Old Testament|Old]] and [[New Testament]] Scriptures. It has been adopted in Orthodox Christian worship as a concluding formula for [[prayer]]s and [[hymn]]s. Common English translations of the word ‘‘amen’’ ''amen'' include: "Verily"verily, "Truly"truly, "So "so be it,", and "Let let it be.".

# An initial ''Amenamen'', referring back to words of another speaker, as in [[III Kingdoms|1 Kings ]] 1: 36 and [[Book of Revelation|Revelations ]] 22:20. # A detached ''Amenamen'', the complementary sentence being suppressed, as in Neh. [[Nehemiah]] v. 13 and Revelation Revelations v. 14 (cf. [[1 Corinthians ]] xiv. 16). # A final ''Amenamen'', with no change of speaker, as in the subscription to the first three divisions of the [[Psalter ]] and in the frequent doxologies of the New Testament Epistles[[Epistle]]s.

The uses of ''amen'' ("verily") in the [[Gospels]] form a peculiar class; : they are initially stated, but often lack any backward reference. Jesus used the word to affirm his own utterances, not those of another person, and this usage was adopted by the churchChurch. The liturgical use of the word in apostolic times is attested by the passage from 1 Corinthians cited above, and [[Justin Martyr]] (in the mid -second century) describes the congregation as responding "amen," to the benediction after the celebration of the [[Eucharist]]. Its introduction into the [[baptism|baptismal]] formula (in the Orthodox Church it is pronounced after the name of each person of the [[Holy Trinity|Trinity]]) is probably occured later. In the King James version of the Bible, the word ''amen'' is preserved in a number of contexts. Notable ones include: * The catechism of curses of the Law found in Deuteronomy 27. * A double ''amen'' ("amen and amen") occurs in Psalm 89. * The custom of closing prayers with ''amen'' originates in the [[Lord's Prayer]] at Matthew 6:13 * ''Amen'' occurs in several [[doxology]] formulas in Romans 1:25, 9:5, 11:36, 15:33, and several times in Chapter 16. * It concludes all of [[Apostle Paul]]’s general epistles. * In Revelation 3:14, Jesus calls himself, "the Amen, the faithful and true witness." * ''Amen'' concludes the New Testament at Rev. 22:21.

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