Omen vs Amen - What's the difference?
omen | amen |
Something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding.
* 1856 , (Gustave Flaubert), (Madame Bovary), Part III Chapter X, translated by Eleanor Marx-Aveling
prophetic significance
To be an omen of.
To divine or predict from omens.
At the end of religious prayers: so be it.
* 1997 , Contemporary American religion: an ethnographic reader :
* 1662 , Book of Common Prayer :
* KJV, Nehemiah 5:13:
* KJV, Psalm 72:18-19:
At the end of a creed or in Koranic and Biblical translations: truly, verily.
* 2006 , The Islamic Traditions of Cirebon: Ibadat and Adat Among Javanese Muslims, page 103
* Rhemish Translation, John 3:5:
An expression of strong agreement.
* 1999 May, Matt Groening, “Hell Is Other Robots”, Futurama , season 1, episode 9
An instance of saying ‘amen’.
* 2006 , Evault Boswell, The Iron Mountain Baby
A title of Christ; the Faithful One (especially with reference to Revelation 3:14)
* 1611 , — Revelation 3:14, KJV
As nouns the difference between omen and amen
is that omen is something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding while amen is an instance of saying ‘amen’.As verbs the difference between omen and amen
is that omen is to be an omen of while amen is to say Amen.As an adverb amen is
at the end of religious prayers: so be it.As an interjection amen is
an expression of strong agreement.As a proper noun Amen is
an English surname.omen
English
Noun
(en noun) (wikipedia omen)- the ghost's appearance was an ill omen
- a rise in imports might be an omen of recovery
- the egg has, during the span of history, represented mystery, magic, medicine, food and omen
- Day broke. He saw three black hens asleep in a tree. He shuddered, horrified at this omen . Then he promised the Holy Virgin three chasubles for the church, and that he would go barefooted from the cemetery at Bertaux to the chapel of Vassonville.
- a sign of ill omen
Usage notes
* Adjectives often applied to "omen": good, ill, bad, auspicious, evil, favorable, happy, lucky.Synonyms
* portent, sign, signal, token, forewarning, warning, danger sign, foreshadowing, prediction, forecast, prophecy, harbinger, augury, auspice, presage, straw in the wind, (hand)writing on the wall, indication, hint, foretoken; see alsoVerb
Synonyms
* prognosticate, betoken, forecast, foretell, portend, foreshadow, bode, augur, prefigure, predict, auspicate, presageSee also
* augury * foreboding * portend * portentExternal links
* *Anagrams
* ----amen
English
Adverb
(-)- Frequently "Amen" or Baha'u'l-Abha could be heard during devotions
- Thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen .
- Also I shook my lap, and said, So God shake out every man from his house, and from his labour, that performeth not this promise, even thus be he shaken out, and emptied. And all the congregation said, Amen , and praised the Lord. And the people did according to this promise. — Nehemiah 5:13, KJV
- Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things. And blessed be his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth be filled with his glory; Amen', and ' Amen .
- Throughout the praying the audience responds repeatedly with Amen .
- Amen', ' amen , I say to thee, except a man be born again, he can not see the kingdom of God.
- At the end of surah Fatiha, you should say amen .
Interjection
(en interjection)- Fry:'' Bender's stupid religion is driving me nuts! / ''Leela: Amen !
Noun
(en noun)- A chorus of amens rang out across the audience.
- And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen , the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God
