The first usage of “amen,” the word which all Jews, Christians, and Muslims use, was in ancient Egypt. They would invoke Amun, one of the greatest of Egyptian gods, with the phrase “by Amun!”
In Hebrew, some linguists think the word came to mean “so be it.” Other linguists believe it derived from the Hebrew word “aman” which is a primitive root of the word “to be firm, confirmed, or believe.” In any case the word “amen” is in the Hebrew scriptures in multiple grammatical contexts. It was a firmly entrenched linguistic element by the time the Hebrew scriptures were being written down. From there, it entered Christian and Muslim lexicons.
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