The word "amen" is not a gendered word and the term "a-women" is entirely made up, a professor of theology who specializes in Hebrew told CNA, after a prayer in the U.S. Congress used the fake word.

Hebrew etymology is trending on Twitter after Rep. Emmanuel Cleaver, a Missouri Democrat, ended his opening prayer to the 117th Congress with the phrase “amen and a-woman.” “May the lord lift up the ...

We come across the word "amen" throughout the Old and New Testaments. Using Hebrew letters, אמן, or ἀμήν in ancient Greek, it's a word that's actually more than 2,500 years old! In Hebrew, it shares ...

The first time “Amen” appears in the Old Testament (Hebrew Bible) is in Numbers — the fourth book of the Five Books of Moses — known as the Torah. In Numbers chapter 5, starting with verse 5:11, the ...

On January 3, Representative Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.) ended the opening prayer in the House of Representatives with the words “amen and awoman,” causing social media to erupt. Cleaver, who is a pastor, ...