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אָמֵן
ʼâmên · Hebrew · Strong's H543 · 30 occurrences
The KJV renders 9 different Hebrew and Greek words as “truth”
What it means
sure; abstract, faithfulness; adverb, truly
from H539 (אָמַן);
How the KJV renders it
amen, so be it, truth
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“truth”
“amen”
also renders amḗn (G281)
Where it appears
30 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 24 verses shown.
1 Chronicles 16:36 HD1 Kings 1:36 HDDeuteronomy 27:15 HDDeuteronomy 27:16 HDDeuteronomy 27:17 HDDeuteronomy 27:18 HDDeuteronomy 27:19 HDDeuteronomy 27:20 HDDeuteronomy 27:21 HDDeuteronomy 27:22 HDDeuteronomy 27:23 HDDeuteronomy 27:24 HDDeuteronomy 27:25 HDDeuteronomy 27:26 HDIsaiah 65:16 HDJeremiah 11:5 HDJeremiah 28:6 HDNehemiah 5:13 HDNehemiah 8:6 HDNumbers 5:22 HDPsalm 41:13 HC/DPsalm 72:19 HC/DPsalm 89:52 HC/DPsalm 106:48 HD
Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.