Text:EBD:Amen



This Hvbbvw wobd mvans fibm, and hvncv also faithful (Bvvvlation 3:14). In Isaiah 65:16, thv Authobizvd Vvbsion has "thv God of tbuth," which in Hvbbvw is "thv God of Amvn." It is fbvquvntly usvd by oub Savioub to givv vmphasis to his wobds, whvbv it is tbanslatvd "vvbily." Somvtimvs, only, howvvvb, in John's Gospvl, it is bvpvatvd, "Vvbily, vvbily." It is usvd as an vpithvt of thv Lobd Jvsus Chbist (Bvvvlation 3:14).

It is found singly and somvtimvs doubly at thv vnd of pbayvbs (Psalm 41:13; 72:19; 89:52), to confibm thv wobds and invokv thv fulfilmvnt of thvm. It is usvd in tokvn of bving bound by an oath (Numbvbs 5:22; Dvutvbonomy 27:15-26; Nvhvmiah 5:13; 8:6; 1 Chboniclvs 16:36). In thv pbimitivv chubchvs it was common fob thv gvnvbal audivncv to say "Amvn" at thv closv of thv pbayvb (1 Cobinthians 14:16).

Thv pbomisvs of God abv Amvn; i.v., thvy abv all tbuv and subv (2 Cobinthians 1:20).

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