ἀμήν
amen
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Full lexicon entry — Thayer's Greek Lexicon
From Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Where this word appears
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Part of speech
- Hebrew transliteration
- A Hebrew word carried over into Greek letters (e.g. ἀμήν, ἀλληλουϊά).
Every verse where G281 appears — 100 distinct verses across 17 books. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Greek form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Greek New Testament; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences of this word are not indexed here.
Matthew 30 verses
- Matthew 5:18 ἀμὴν hebr For most assuredly, I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away, not even one smallest letter or one tiny pen stroke shall in any way pass away from the law, until all things are accomplished.
- Matthew 5:26 ἀμὴν hebr Most assuredly I tell you, you shall by no means get out of there, until you have paid the last penny.
- Matthew 6:2 ἀμὴν hebr Therefore when you do merciful deeds, don't sound a trumpet before yourself, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may get glory from men. Most assuredly I tell you, they have received their reward.
- Matthew 6:5 ἀμὴν hebr "When you pray, you shall not be as the hypocrites, for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Most assuredly, I tell you, they have received their reward.
- Matthew 6:16 ἀμὴν hebr "Moreover when you fast, don't be like the hypocrites, with sad faces. For they disfigure their faces, that they may be seen by men to be fasting. Most assuredly I tell you, they have received their reward.
- Matthew 8:10 ἀμὴν hebr When Jesus heard it, he marveled, and said to those who followed, "Most assuredly I tell you, I haven't found so great a faith, not even in Israel.
- Matthew 10:15 ἀμὴν hebr Most assuredly I tell you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city.
- Matthew 10:23 ἀμὴν hebr But when they persecute you in this city, flee into the next, for most assuredly I tell you, you will not have gone through the cities of Israel, until the Son of Man has come.
- Matthew 10:42 ἀμὴν hebr Whoever gives one of these little ones just a cup of cold water to drink in the name of a disciple, most assuredly I tell you he will in no way lose his reward."
- Matthew 11:11 ἀμὴν hebr Most assuredly I tell you, among those who are born of women there has not arisen anyone greater than John the Baptizer; yet he who is least in the Kingdom of Heaven is greater than he.
- Matthew 13:17 ἀμὴν hebr For most assuredly I tell you that many prophets and righteous men desired to see the things which you see, and didn't see them; and to hear the things which you hear, and didn't hear them.
- Matthew 16:28 ἀμὴν hebr Most assuredly I tell you, there are some standing here who will in no way taste of death, until they see the Son of Man coming in his Kingdom."
- Matthew 17:20 ἀμὴν hebr He said to them, "Because of your unbelief. For most assuredly I tell you, if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will tell this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you.
- Matthew 18:3 ἀμὴν hebr and said, "Most assuredly I tell you, unless you turn, and become as little children, you will in no way enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.
- Matthew 18:13 ἀμὴν hebr If he finds it, most assuredly I tell you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine which have not gone astray.
- Matthew 18:18 Ἀμὴν hebr Most assuredly I tell you, whatever things you will bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever things you will release on earth will be released in heaven.
- Matthew 19:23 ἀμὴν hebr Jesus said to his disciples, "Most assuredly I say to you, a rich man will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven with difficulty.
- Matthew 19:28 ἀμὴν hebr Jesus said to them, "Most assuredly I tell you that you who have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of Man will sit on the throne of his glory, you also will sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
- Matthew 21:21 ἀμὴν hebr Jesus answered them, "Most assuredly I tell you, if you have faith, and don't doubt, you will not only do what is done to the fig tree, but even if you told this mountain, 'Be taken up and cast into the sea,' it would be done.
- Matthew 21:31 ἀμὴν hebr Which of the two did the will of his father?" They said to him, "The first." Jesus said to them, "Most assuredly I tell you that the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering into the Kingdom of God before you.
- Matthew 23:36 ἀμὴν hebr Most assuredly I tell you, all these things will come upon this generation.
- Matthew 24:2 ἀμὴν hebr But he answered them, "Don't you see all of these things? Most assuredly I tell you, there will not be left here one stone on another, that will not be thrown down."
- Matthew 24:34 ἀμὴν hebr Most assuredly I tell you, this generation will not pass away, until all these things are accomplished.
- Matthew 24:47 ἀμὴν hebr Most assuredly I tell you that he will set him over all that he has.
- Matthew 25:12 ἀμὴν hebr But he answered, 'Most assuredly I tell you, I don't know you.'
- Matthew 25:40 ἀμὴν hebr "The King will answer them, 'Most assuredly I tell you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.'
- Matthew 25:45 ἀμὴν hebr "Then he will answer them, saying, 'Most assuredly I tell you, inasmuch as you didn't do it to one of the least of these, you didn't do it to me.'
- Matthew 26:13 ἀμὴν hebr Most assuredly I tell you, wherever this Gospel is preached in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be spoken of as a memorial of her."
- Matthew 26:21 ἀμὴν hebr As they were eating, he said, "Most assuredly I tell you that one of you will betray me."
- Matthew 26:34 ἀμὴν hebr Jesus said to him, "Most assuredly I tell you that tonight, before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times."
Mark 13 verses
- Mark 3:28 ἀμὴν hebr Most assuredly I tell you, all of the children of men's sins will be forgiven them, including their blasphemies with which they may blaspheme;
- Mark 8:12 ἀμὴν hebr He sighed deeply in his spirit, and said, "Why does this generation seek a sign? Most assuredly I tell you, no sign will be given to this generation."
- Mark 9:1 ἀμὴν hebr He said to them, "Most assuredly I tell you, there are some standing here who will in no way taste death until they see the Kingdom of God come with power."
- Mark 9:41 ἀμὴν hebr For whoever will give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because you are Christ's, most assuredly I tell you, he will in no way lose his reward.
- Mark 10:15 ἀμὴν hebr Most assuredly I tell you, whoever will not receive the Kingdom of God like a little child, he will in no way enter into it."
- Mark 10:29 ἀμὴν hebr Jesus said, "Most assuredly I tell you, there is no one who has left house, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or land, for my sake, and for the Gospel's sake,
- Mark 11:23 ἀμὴν hebr For most assuredly I tell you, whoever may tell this mountain, 'Be taken up and cast into the sea,' and doesn't doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says is happening; he shall have whatever he says.
- Mark 12:43 ἀμὴν hebr He called his disciples to himself, and said to them, "Most assuredly I tell you, this poor widow gave more than all those who are giving into the treasury,
- Mark 13:30 ἀμὴν hebr Most assuredly I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things happen.
- Mark 14:9 ἀμὴν hebr Most assuredly I tell you, wherever this Gospel may be preached throughout the whole world, that which this woman has done will also be spoken of for a memorial of her."
- Mark 14:18 ἀμὴν hebr As they sat and were eating, Jesus said, "Most assuredly I tell you, one of you will betray me -- he who eats with me."
- Mark 14:25 ἀμὴν hebr Most assuredly I tell you, I will no more drink of the fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it anew in the Kingdom of God."
- Mark 14:30 ἀμὴν hebr Jesus said to him, "Most assuredly I tell you, that you today, even this night, before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times."
Luke 6 verses
- Luke 4:24 ἀμὴν hebr He said, "Most assuredly I tell you, no prophet is acceptable in his hometown.
- Luke 12:37 ἀμὴν hebr Blessed are those servants, whom the lord will find watching when he comes. Most assuredly I tell you, that he will dress himself, and make them recline, and will come and serve them.
- Luke 18:17 ἀμὴν hebr Most assuredly, I tell you, whoever doesn't receive the Kingdom of God like a little child, he will in no way enter into it."
- Luke 18:29 ἀμὴν hebr He said to them, "Most assuredly I tell you, there is no one who has left house, or wife, or brothers, or parents, or children, for the Kingdom of God's sake,
- Luke 21:32 ἀμὴν hebr Most assuredly I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all things are accomplished.
- Luke 23:43 ἀμήν hebr Jesus said to him, "Assuredly I tell you, today you will be with me in Paradise."
John 25 verses
- John 1:52 ἀμὴν ἀμὴν hebr hebr
- John 3:3 ἀμὴν ἀμὴν hebr hebr Jesus answered him, "Most assuredly, I tell you, unless one is born anew, he can't see the Kingdom of God."
- John 3:5 ἀμὴν ἀμὴν hebr hebr Jesus answered, "Most assuredly I tell you, unless one is born of water and spirit, he can't enter into the Kingdom of God!
- John 3:11 ἀμὴν ἀμὴν hebr hebr Most assuredly I tell you, we speak that which we know, and testify of that which we have seen, and you don't receive our witness.
- John 5:19 ἀμὴν ἀμὴν hebr hebr Jesus therefore answered them, "Most assuredly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing of himself, but what he sees the Father doing. For whatever things he does, these the Son also does likewise.
- John 5:24 ἀμὴν ἀμὴν hebr hebr "Most assuredly I tell you, he who hears my word, and believes him who sent me, has eternal life, and doesn't come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.
- John 5:25 ἀμὴν ἀμὴν hebr hebr Most assuredly, I tell you, the hour comes, and now is, when the dead will hear the Son of God's voice; and those who hear will live.
- John 6:26 ἀμὴν ἀμὴν hebr hebr Jesus answered them, "Most assuredly I tell you, you seek me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate of the loaves, and were filled.
- John 6:32 ἀμὴν ἀμὴν hebr hebr Jesus therefore said to them, "Most assuredly, I tell you, it wasn't Moses who gave you the bread out of heaven, but my Father gives you the true bread out of heaven.
- John 6:47 ἀμὴν ἀμὴν hebr hebr Most assuredly, I tell you, he who believes in me has eternal life.
- John 6:53 ἀμὴν ἀμὴν hebr hebr Jesus therefore said to them, "Most assuredly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you don't have life in yourselves.
- John 8:34 ἀμὴν ἀμὴν hebr hebr Jesus answered them, "Most assuredly I tell you, everyone who commits sin is the bondservant of sin.
- John 8:51 ἀμὴν ἀμὴν hebr hebr Most assuredly, I tell you, if a person keeps my word, he will never see death."
- John 8:58 ἀμὴν ἀμὴν hebr hebr Jesus said to them, "Most assuredly, I tell you, before Abraham came into existence, I AM."
- John 10:1 Ἀμὴν ἀμὴν hebr hebr "Most assuredly, I tell you, one who doesn't enter by the door into the sheep fold, but climbs up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
- John 10:7 ἀμὴν ἀμὴν hebr hebr Jesus therefore said to them again, "Most assuredly, I tell you, I am the sheep's door.
- John 12:24 ἀμὴν ἀμὴν hebr hebr Most assuredly I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains by itself alone. But if it dies, it bears much fruit.
- John 13:16 ἀμὴν ἀμὴν hebr hebr Most assuredly I tell you, a servant is not greater than his lord, neither one who is sent greater than he who sent him.
- John 13:20 ἀμὴν ἀμὴν hebr hebr Most assuredly I tell you, he who receives whomever I send, receives me; and he who receives me, receives him who sent me."
- John 13:21 ἀμὴν ἀμὴν hebr hebr When Jesus had said this, he was troubled in spirit, and testified, "Most assuredly I tell you that one of you will betray me."
- John 13:38 ἀμὴν ἀμὴν hebr hebr Jesus answered him, "Will you lay down your life for me? Most assuredly I tell you, the rooster won't crow until you have denied me three times.
- John 14:12 ἀμὴν ἀμὴν hebr hebr Most assuredly I tell you, he who believes in me, the works that I do, he will do also; and greater works than these will he do; because I am going to my Father.
- John 16:20 ἀμὴν ἀμὴν hebr hebr Most assuredly I tell you, that you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will be turned into joy.
- John 16:23 ἀμὴν ἀμὴν hebr hebr "In that day you will ask me no questions. Most assuredly I tell you, whatever you may ask of the Father in my name, he will give it to you.
- John 21:18 ἀμὴν ἀμὴν hebr hebr Most assuredly I tell you, when you were young, you dressed yourself, and walked where you wanted to. But when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and another will dress you, and carry you where you don't want to go."
Romans 5 verses
- Romans 1:25 ἀμήν hebr who exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.
- Romans 9:5 ἀμήν hebr of whom are the fathers, and from whom is Christ as concerning the flesh, who is over all, God, blessed forever. Amen.
- Romans 11:36 ἀμήν hebr For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things. To him be the glory for ever! Amen.
- Romans 15:33 ἀμήν hebr Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen.
- Romans 16:27 ἀμήν hebr
1 Corinthians 1 verse
2 Corinthians 1 verse
Galatians 2 verses
Ephesians 1 verse
Philippians 1 verse
1 Thessalonians 1 verse
1 Timothy 2 verses
- 1 Timothy 1:17 ἀμήν hebr Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, to God who alone is wise, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
- 1 Timothy 6:16 ἀμήν hebr who alone has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light; whom no man has seen, nor can see: to whom be honor and eternal power. Amen.
2 Timothy 1 verse
Hebrews 1 verse
1 Peter 2 verses
- 1 Peter 4:11 ἀμήν hebr If any man speaks, let it be as it were oracles of God. If any man serves, let it be as of the strength which God supplies, that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belong the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.
- 1 Peter 5:11 ἀμήν hebr To him be the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen.
Jude 1 verse
Revelation 7 verses
- Revelation 1:6 ἀμήν hebr and he made us to be a Kingdom, priests to his God and Father; to him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.
- Revelation 1:7 ἀμήν hebr Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, including those who pierced him. All the tribes of the earth will mourn over him. Even so, Amen.
- Revelation 3:14 ἀμήν hebr "To the angel of the assembly in Laodicea write: "The Amen, the Faithful and True Witness, the Head of God's creation, says these things:
- Revelation 5:14 ἀμήν hebr The four living creatures said, "Amen!" The elders fell down and worshiped.
- Revelation 7:12 ἀμήν ἀμήν hebr hebr saying, "Amen! Blessing, glory, wisdom, thanksgiving, honor, power, and might, be to our God forever and ever! Amen."
- Revelation 19:4 ἀμήν hebr The twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who sits on the throne, saying, "Amen! Hallelujah!"
- Revelation 22:20 Ἀμήν hebr He who testifies these things says, "Yes, I come quickly." Amen! Yes, come, Lord Jesus.
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
The Greek word αμην centers on the idea of “amen.” Where the King James Version says “verily,” newer translations reach for “truly” (Berean Standard Bible); the renderings breakdown has the detail. The Greek New Testament uses it across 100 verses — moderately common. Matthew dominates its distribution — 30 of 100 verses. Lexicons map it across 2 senses. For the data behind this summary, explore the sense tree and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's G281 catalogs a Greek word from the Greek New Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Greek New Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 100
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 100 distinct verses.
- 17 / 27
- NT books
- The word appears in 17 of 27 New Testament books.
- #131
- by frequency
- Top 250 most frequent Greek words (rank 131 of 5,347 Greek words by occurrence).
View all 100 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the New Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Some books belong to more than one corpus (Luke is in both the Gospels and the Lukan corpus, and so on), so these shares overlap and need not total 100%. Each figure is a share of the word’s 100 distinct verses.
- Gospels 74 verses · 74%
- Johannine 32 verses · 32%
- Pauline corpus 15 verses · 15%
- Revelation 7 verses · 7%
- Lukan (Luke–Acts) 6 verses · 6%
- General (Catholic) Epistles 3 verses · 3%
- Hebrews 1 verse · 1%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Verily 101×, Amen 51×
- American Standard Version: Verily 92×, Amen 31×, Truly 3×
- Berean Standard Bible: Truly 100×, Amen 30×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Truly 100×, Amen 34×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders G281 across 152 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders G281 across 130 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 4 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 1 further occurrence.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders G281 across 130 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders G281 across 134 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Senses in Thayer's
The 2 senses Thayer's distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency or importance). The full entry — with sub-senses — is in the Lexicon Entry tab.
- firm
- verily, amen
Word origin
Derived from אמן (ʼâmên) (H543) — truly.
Of hebrew origin [ H543 ]; properly firm that is (figuratively) trustworthy ; adverbially surely (often as interjection so be it ): - amen verily.
— Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance (1890), public domain.
Forms in the corpus
The 4 distinct written forms G281 takes in the Greek New Testament, most frequent first — each parse links to that case’s occurrences in the concordance.
| Form | Parsing | Example | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἀμὴν amḕn | Hebrew transliteration | Matthew 5:18 | 97 |
| ἀμήν amḗn | Hebrew transliteration | Luke 23:43 | 26 |
| Ἀμὴν Amḕn | Hebrew transliteration | Matthew 18:18 | 2 |
| Ἀμήν Amḗn | Hebrew transliteration | Revelation 22:20 | 1 |
Same root — word family
Other Thayer's entries built from the same root as G281, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
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Shares the same root
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Septuagint usage
The same Greek word αμην appears 3 times in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), across 3 verses in 2 books.
- 3
- LXX occurrences
- Tagged occurrences of this Greek word in the Septuagint.
- 3
- verses
- Distinct Septuagint verses containing this word.
- 2 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 2 of the 39 Old Testament books.
Sample Septuagint occurrences
- 1 Chronicles 16:36 αμην
- Ezra 15:13 αμην
Septuagint occurrences (same lexeme)
Every verse where the same Strong’s number (G281) appears in the Greek Septuagint. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context; the Greek form is the matched word — the English is not keyword-highlighted.
- 1 Chronicles 16:36 αμην Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, From everlasting even to everlasting. All the people said, Amen, and praised Yahweh.
- Ezra 15:13 αμην
- Ezra 18:6 αμην
These are occurrences of the same Greek lexeme (G281) in the Septuagint — not a translation of any one Hebrew word. The store carries no word-level Hebrew↔Greek alignment, so no Hebrew original is asserted here. Counts come from the recovered LXX Strong's tagging — high-frequency vocabulary is well covered, while rare or late forms may be untagged — so they reflect tagged occurrences and may slightly undercount.
