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It was thought that the words were Hebrew, but each Grand Lodge had its own interpretation of their meaning. The Grand Lodge of Virginia believed the meaning to be the "Law of Prepared Brothers;" in South Carolina it was "Secrets of a Prepared Brother;" in Georgia, "Royal Builder;" and, likewise, Pennsylvania interpreted it "the secrets of a prepared Brother and the thoughts or opinions of a true and faithful Brother." However, the words were submitted eventually to Hebrew scholars who determined that they were not of Hebrew origin, but believed to come from the Spanish. Therefore, in the 1919 edition of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania's Ahiman Rezon, it states that if "we ascribe the words 'Ahiman Rezon' to Spanish origin, their meaning is, 'There is the full account of the law.'"
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For two centuries, scholars have been debating the meaning of "Ahiman Rezon" which was the name of the Constitution of the "Ancient" Grand Lodge of England that existed from 1751 until 1813 when the United Grand Lodge of England was formed. When the United Grand Lodge of England was formed, "Ahiman Rezon" ceased to be used; however, it already had become established in Pennsylvania, Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia.