Definition

sure; abstract, faithfulness; adverb, truly

Etymology

from H539 (אָמַן);

Word family

• אָמַן ʼâman

How the KJV renders it

• Amen
• so be it
• truth

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.