Bible Dictionaries
Verily

　　VERILY.—A formula of asseveration or corroboration.

　　The Hebrew is γένοιτο (cf. Psalms 72:19) or ἀληθῶς in three instances where the parallels have .] When a Rabbi would add impressiveness to a doctrine, he prefaced it with Amen, ‘Verily,’ signifying that it was a tradition received by Moses on Sinai.† [Note: 1 Corinthians 14:16.]

　　It is somewhat unfortunate that, where it is an asseverative preface, our versions have translated [Note: Just. M. Dial. c. Tryph., ed. Sylburg, p. 225 C: καὶ ἱκανοὶ δυσωπῆσαι τοὺς ἐκτρεπομένονς τῆς ὁρθῆς ὁδοῦ.]

　　Literature.—Bruder, Concord., and Grimm-Thayer, Lex. s.v. [Note: xpT Expository Times.] viii. [1896] 100 ff., 190 f., xiii. [1902] 563 ff.; Dalman, Words of Jesus, 226 ff.

　　David Smith.