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1 | Saying "AMEN"...outloud? | Deut 27:20 | 2007 mouse | 187635 | ||
"AMEN" Personally, I love saying "Amen" outloud. To me it means that what has just been said, is the truth and I am agreeing. I have been told by a certain person that by my saying "Amen" outloud in church is wrong because it is distracting and I am using it as an ordinary word with no thought behind it. I did try to explain that it makes me feel good to say it when something that is preached to us, sets me on fire for God and I know it is the truth because it is from the Bible. Make sense? Am I wrong to say "AMEN" aloud or does it mean the "END" of something and NOT the meaning I think it is. Mouse |
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2 | Saying "AMEN"...outloud? | Deut 27:20 | garym1952 | 188268 | ||
As I understand it, the word AMEN simply means "so be it", which is close to the way you are using it. The person who objected to you using the word out loud in church may be the only one that has a problem with it. I noticed that you didn't say that the pastor said anything to you about it. If you are not disrupting the service and the pastor doesn't have a problem with it, I don't think you are doing anything wrong. | ||||||
3 | Saying "AMEN"...outloud? | Deut 27:20 | stjohn | 188292 | ||
Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source amen O.E., from L.L. amen, from Gk. amen, from Heb., "truth," used adverbially as an expression of agreement (e.g. Deut. xxvii.26, I Kings i.36; cf. Mod.Eng. verily, surely, absolutely in the same sense), from Sem. root a-m-n "to be trustworthy, confirm, support." Used in O.E. only at the end of Gospels, otherwise translated as Soðlic! or Swa hit ys, or Sy!. As an expression of concurrence after prayers, it is recorded from c.1230. Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary - Cite This Source Amen This Hebrew word means firm, and hence also faithful (Rev. 3:14). In Isa. 65:16, the Authorized Version has "the God of truth," which in Hebrew is "the God of Amen." It is frequently used by our Saviour to give emphasis to his words, where it is translated "verily." Sometimes, only, however, in John's Gospel, it is repeated, "Verily, verily." It is used as an epithet of the Lord Jesus Christ (Rev. 3:14). It is found singly and sometimes doubly at the end of prayers (Ps. 41:13; 72:19; 89:52), to confirm the words and invoke the fulfilment of them. It is used in token of being bound by an oath (Num. 5:22; Deut. 27:15-26; Neh. 5:13; 8:6; 1 Chr. 16:36). In the primitive churches it was common for the general audience to say "Amen" at the close of the prayer (1 Cor. 14:16). The promises of God are Amen; i.e., they are all true and sure (2 Cor. 1:20). Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary |
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