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5:13. It is also used to express acquiescence in another’s prayer, 1 Kings 1:36, where it is
defined as “(let) God say so too,” or in another’s thanksgiving, 1 Chron. 16:36, whether
by an individual, Jer. 11:5, or by the congregation, Ps. 106:48.
“Thus ‘Amen’ said by God ‘it is and shall be so,‘ and by men, ‘so let it be.’”
“Once in the NT ‘Amen’ is a title of Christ, Rev. 3:14, because through Him the
purposes of God are established, 2 Cor. 1:20.
“The early Christian churches followed the example of Israel in associating
themselves audibly with the prayers and thanksgivings offered on their behalf, 1 Cor.
14:16, where the article ‘the’ points to a common practice. Moreover this custom
conforms to the pattern of things in the Heavens, see Rev. 5:14, etc.
“The individual also said ‘Amen’ to express his ‘let it be so’ in response to the Divine
‘thus it shall be,’ Rev. 22:20. Frequently the speaker adds ‘Amen’ to his own prayers and
doxologies, as is the case at Eph. 3:21, e.g.
“The Lord Jesus often used ‘Amen,’ translated ‘verily,’ to introduce new revelations
of the mind of God. In John’s Gospel it is always repeated, ‘Amen, Amen,’ but not
elsewhere. Luke does not use it at all, but where Matthew, 16:28, and Mark, 9:1, have
‘Amen,’ Luke has ‘of a truth’; thus by varying the translation of what the Lord said, Luke
throws light on His meaning.”* See
VERILY
.
AMEND
(
+
, 2192),
(
+
, 2866), lit., “to have more finely,” i.e., “to be
better,” is used in John 4:52, “to amend.” The latter word in the phrase is the comparative
of
, “elegant, nice, fine.” Cf. Eng., “he’s doing nicely.”¶
AMETHYST
$
(
!
, 271), primarily meaning “not drunken” ( , negative, and
$
“wine”), became used as a noun, being regarded as possessing a remedial virtue
against drunkenness. Pliny, however, says that the reason for its name lay in the fact that
in color it nearly approached that of wine, but did not actually do so, Rev. 21:20.¶
For
AMIDST
see
MIDST
AMISS
A. Adjective.
(
/
, 824), lit., “out of place” ( , negative,
, “a place”), denotes
unbecoming, not befitting. It is used four times in the NT, and is rendered “amiss” three
times in the
RV
; in the malefactor’s testimony of Christ, Luke 23:41; in Festus’ words
concerning Paul, Acts 25:5, “if there is anything amiss in the man” (
KJV
, “wickedness”);
in Acts 28:6, of the expected effect of the viper’s attack upon Paul (
KJV
, “harm”); in 2
Thess. 3:2, of men capable of outrageous conduct, “unreasonable.” See
HARM
,
UNREASONABLE
.
B. Adverb.
(
, 2560), akin to
, “evil,” is translated “amiss” in Jas. 4:3;
elsewhere in various ways. See
EVIL
,
GRIEVOUS
,
MISERABLE
,
SORE
.
For
AMONG
see
Note
†
, p. 1