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单词 amen
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Definition of amen in English:

amen

exclamationeɪˈmɛnɑːˈmɛn
  • 1Uttered at the end of a prayer or hymn, meaning ‘so be it’.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • I hope you are alright, your family loves you, please come home, amen.
    • But what should matter is that I am here and amen, amen, amen.
    • Change me Lord, for your glory and for the extension of your Kingdom, in Jesus wonderful and mighty name I pray, amen!
    • For what we are about the receive, may the lord make us truly thankful, amen.
    • Help me by the power of the Holy Spirit, to seek your presence, and help me Lord to be aware of your presence, as you continue to fill me with your complete joy, in Jesus wonderful name I pray, amen!
    • I ask this in the wonderful name of my Lord and Saviour, Jesus, in whose name I pray, amen.
    • I am He that liveth and was dead and behold, I am alive forever more amen.
    • When we say the act of contrition, at least the old act of contrition, in the Catholic Church, we say, ‘I firmly resolve, with the help of thy grace, to confess my sins, to do penance and to amend my life, amen.’
    • I've found it in my heart to forgive you, praise Jesus, amen.
    • And we don't know the future, but we know you hold it so we trust you and we ask you to just work a miracle in Jesus's name, amen.
    • We look to you for help and strength and ask you to minister comfort and strength to each these families today in the lovely name of Jesus, we pray, amen.
    • ‘Name of Jesus, amen,’ he said as he lifted himself into the bed.
    • Nonetheless, since his intention was toward God, and we hear the entire blessing from his mouth, we respond amen.
    1. 1.1 Used to express agreement or assent.
      amen to that!
      Example sentencesExamples
      • It's nice to have someone who actually believes in what he's running on and who can explain himself well and, if he has the added qualities of being charming and a brilliant extemporaneous speaker as the Reverend Sharpton does, amen.
      • And if following Jesus' example will help someone eat better, we say, amen!
      • If it has to be, amen, but that would also be the end to my personal unanswered prayer.
      • In the summer of 1997 he scheduled me an interview with the group, my favorite band of all time in the whole universe, amen.
      • To this I can add little but an amen, and my wish that all forms of low-tech games, not just pen and paper ones, will grow and spread.
      • According to him, Morris is nothing less than ‘our greatest living Englishman‘- amen to that.
      • The part about fighter pilots is wrong; to the rest of the sentence, I say amen!
      • I said, "Amen to that", slightly under my breath, thinking to myself that I didn't really fit the bill.
      • Well, I guess somebody should say amen to that one.
      • And would you amen that James Baker, even though you were at the hospital?
nouneɪˈmɛnɑːˈmɛn
  • An utterance of ‘amen’.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In one amen the cake was gone and the party began.
    • The reporter observed that this comment was met with amens and hallelujahs.
    • I just looked around the whole time, and then heard everyone repeat amen, so I did the same.
    • The rabbinic visions of blessings and amens is expressed by the verse: the King's glory is in the multitude of the nation.
    • And we can share loving, supportive amens, praying that one another's petitions come true, adding our voices to each other's grateful thanksgivings.
    • The throng surrounding them shouted affirming hallelujahs and amens, flapping and singing, rattling their tambourines and bleating their horns.
    • The audience could hear every word, and the harmony was so rich, so compelling, that the congregation sat on the edges of their seats, amens and applause at the ready.
    • Our amens spoken, the mother looked at me and smiled.
    • I remember periods of quietness broken by screams and chants, followed by the shaking of bodies and the amens.
    • Neither of them can concentrate long enough to finish a prayer, unless they hurry to the amen.
    • Recited as a mantra, for example, at the beginning and end of prayers - something approximating the Christian amen but much more important - it is a sound that expresses the divine.
    • If one prays, blessed is God who heals the sick, then those who respond amen add their prayer, too, that God heal the suffering.
    • After the last amen, the chatter broke out around the table again.
    • The amens became more frequent and much louder.
    • If only we could learn to be still before adding our 'Amens'.

Origin

Old English, from ecclesiastical Latin, from Greek amēn, from Hebrew 'āmēn 'truth, certainty', used adverbially as expression of agreement, and adopted in the Septuagint as a solemn expression of belief or affirmation.

  • This comes via ecclesiastical Latin, from Hebrew 'āmēn ‘truth, certainty’, used to express agreement, and adopted in the Septuagint as a solemn expression of belief or affirmation.

Rhymes

Adrienne, again, Ardennes, Behn, Ben, Benn, Bren, cayenne, Cévennes, Dairen, den, en, fen, gen, glen, Glenn, Guyenne, Gwen, hen, julienne, Karen, ken, Len, Loren, men, Nene, Ogaden, paren, pen, Penn, Phnom Penh, Rennes, Shenzhen, Sun Yat-sen, ten, then, Tlemcen, when, wren, yen, zazen, Zen
 
 

Definition of amen in US English:

amen

exclamation
  • 1Uttered at the end of a prayer or hymn, meaning ‘so be it.’.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Help me by the power of the Holy Spirit, to seek your presence, and help me Lord to be aware of your presence, as you continue to fill me with your complete joy, in Jesus wonderful name I pray, amen!
    • ‘Name of Jesus, amen,’ he said as he lifted himself into the bed.
    • I've found it in my heart to forgive you, praise Jesus, amen.
    • For what we are about the receive, may the lord make us truly thankful, amen.
    • When we say the act of contrition, at least the old act of contrition, in the Catholic Church, we say, ‘I firmly resolve, with the help of thy grace, to confess my sins, to do penance and to amend my life, amen.’
    • I am He that liveth and was dead and behold, I am alive forever more amen.
    • And we don't know the future, but we know you hold it so we trust you and we ask you to just work a miracle in Jesus's name, amen.
    • We look to you for help and strength and ask you to minister comfort and strength to each these families today in the lovely name of Jesus, we pray, amen.
    • I ask this in the wonderful name of my Lord and Saviour, Jesus, in whose name I pray, amen.
    • Change me Lord, for your glory and for the extension of your Kingdom, in Jesus wonderful and mighty name I pray, amen!
    • Nonetheless, since his intention was toward God, and we hear the entire blessing from his mouth, we respond amen.
    • I hope you are alright, your family loves you, please come home, amen.
    • But what should matter is that I am here and amen, amen, amen.
    1. 1.1 Used to express agreement or assent.
      amen to that!
      Example sentencesExamples
      • To this I can add little but an amen, and my wish that all forms of low-tech games, not just pen and paper ones, will grow and spread.
      • Well, I guess somebody should say amen to that one.
      • According to him, Morris is nothing less than ‘our greatest living Englishman‘- amen to that.
      • I said, "Amen to that", slightly under my breath, thinking to myself that I didn't really fit the bill.
      • And if following Jesus' example will help someone eat better, we say, amen!
      • It's nice to have someone who actually believes in what he's running on and who can explain himself well and, if he has the added qualities of being charming and a brilliant extemporaneous speaker as the Reverend Sharpton does, amen.
      • And would you amen that James Baker, even though you were at the hospital?
      • The part about fighter pilots is wrong; to the rest of the sentence, I say amen!
      • If it has to be, amen, but that would also be the end to my personal unanswered prayer.
      • In the summer of 1997 he scheduled me an interview with the group, my favorite band of all time in the whole universe, amen.
noun
  • An utterance of “amen.”.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • I remember periods of quietness broken by screams and chants, followed by the shaking of bodies and the amens.
    • Our amens spoken, the mother looked at me and smiled.
    • In one amen the cake was gone and the party began.
    • If only we could learn to be still before adding our 'Amens'.
    • I just looked around the whole time, and then heard everyone repeat amen, so I did the same.
    • Neither of them can concentrate long enough to finish a prayer, unless they hurry to the amen.
    • The rabbinic visions of blessings and amens is expressed by the verse: the King's glory is in the multitude of the nation.
    • The throng surrounding them shouted affirming hallelujahs and amens, flapping and singing, rattling their tambourines and bleating their horns.
    • After the last amen, the chatter broke out around the table again.
    • The audience could hear every word, and the harmony was so rich, so compelling, that the congregation sat on the edges of their seats, amens and applause at the ready.
    • Recited as a mantra, for example, at the beginning and end of prayers - something approximating the Christian amen but much more important - it is a sound that expresses the divine.
    • The reporter observed that this comment was met with amens and hallelujahs.
    • And we can share loving, supportive amens, praying that one another's petitions come true, adding our voices to each other's grateful thanksgivings.
    • If one prays, blessed is God who heals the sick, then those who respond amen add their prayer, too, that God heal the suffering.
    • The amens became more frequent and much louder.

Origin

Old English, from ecclesiastical Latin, from Greek amēn, from Hebrew 'āmēn ‘truth, certainty’, used adverbially as expression of agreement, and adopted in the Septuagint as a solemn expression of belief or affirmation.

 
 
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