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I dont know and I am not looking at the web to find out is it ah to all men! then it got short to amen ! ok I looked at the web so be it truly confirmed Hebrew then on to Greek then on to christians

Amen is a declaration of affirmation.  It means "So be it."

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The word "amen" appears 13 times in the Hebrew Bible and 119 times in the New Testament and also in the earliest Muslim writings.  The word originated in Egypt around 2500 B.C. as "Amun", and meant the "hidden One", the name of their highest deity.  Hebrew scholars adopted the word as meaning "so it is" and passed it on to the Christians and Muslims.

Benchong, our scholar O' the day!!!

Grandpa3, can you answer this question?

Isn't it funny that, when I ask a religious question, no one who claims to be religious wants to answer but they expect all of us to answer their long-winded questions?

What say you, GRANDPA3?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amen

Here a RD compilation on Amen meaning & etymology:

The word amen ( /????m?n/ or /?e??m?n/; Hebrew: ?????, Modern amen Tiberian ??m?n; Greek: ?μ?ν; Arabic: ????‎, ??m?n ; "So be it; truly") is a declaration of affirmationfound in the Hebrew Bible and New Testament. Its use in Judaism dates back to its earliest texts. It has been generally adopted in Christian worship as a concluding word for prayers and hymns. In Islam, it is the standard ending to Dua (supplication) and the "Opening" chapter of the Qur'an.

Amen, is said to be of Hebrew origin; however the root from which it was derived is common to a number of Semitic Languages. The word was imported into the Greek of the early Church from Judaism.From Greek, amen entered the other Western languages. According to a standard dictionary etymology, amen passed from Greek into Late Latin, and thence into English

The Hebrew word amen derives from the same ancient triliteral Hebrew root as does the verb ??mán.which means to be firm, confirmed, reliable, faithful, have faith, believe.

In Arabic, the word is derived from its triliteral common root word ??mana (Arabic: ???‎), which has the same meanings as the Hebrew root word.

Popular among some theosophists,proponents of Afrocentric theories of history,and adherents of esoteric Christianity is the conjecture that amen is a derivative of the name of the Egyptian god Amun (which is sometimes also spelled Amen). Some adherents of Eastern religions believe that amen shares roots with the Hindu Sanskrit word, Aum.here is no academic support for either of these views. The Hebrew word, as noted above, starts with aleph, while the Egyptian name begins with a yodh

The Armenian word ???? /???m??n/ means "every"; however it is also used in the same form at the conclusion of prayers, much as in English.

I would say it more or less an acknowledge like saying [ Thank You ] after a we made a statement,and when speak in religious term, as it is written, so be it! Amen.

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