“Amen” is not a gendered word.a·men
/äˈmen,āˈmen/
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exclamation
exclamation: amen
uttered at the end of a prayer or hymn, meaning ‘so be it.’.
used to express agreement or assent.
“amen to that!”
noun
noun: amen; plural noun: amens
an utterance of “amen.”.
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.
Sep·tu·a·gint
/ˈsepto͞oəˌjint/
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noun
a Greek version of the Hebrew Bible (or Old Testament), including the Apocrypha, made for Greek-speaking Jews in Egypt in the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC and adopted by the early Christian Churches.
