Amen. You have probably heard this word as well as used it, but did you know that amen has been used by others for a very long time? Marvin Vincent, in his word study books, shows how the Rabbis had “numerous sayings about the Amen” (3:270). One saying involved “orphan Amens” (people used this word when it was unnecessary or inappropriate). The Rabbis said, “Whoever says an orphan Amen, his children shall be orphans.”
Amen is a Biblical and useful word and it is a term that we should use as appropriate to express our agreement with sound Bible teaching.
May always seek to avoid orphan amens.

1 Cor 14:16 – Else if thou bless with the spirit, how shall he that filleth the place of the unlearned say the Amen at thy giving of thanks, seeing he knoweth not what thou sayest?

Brad Price
www.abiblecommentary.com