[PW] Re: Origin of the word AMEN

[John P. Dyson]

Quoting Lori Morse <ljmorse at gmail.com>:

> I'm trying to answer a question posed by my son's Rabbi.  We are trying to
> determine WHO used the term AMEN first--the Greeks, Hebrews...OED has been
> checked, but doesn't really answer who was first, so to speak...


"AMEN, a Hebrew word meaning certainty, truthfulness, and 
faithfulness." _Harper's Bible Dictionary_ (New York: Harper & Row, 
1985), p. 26.

I don't know who used the term first (does anyone?), but I'm almost 
certain it wasn't a woman agreeing to shriveled thigh and belly bulge 
if caught prevaricating.

John Dyson