Meaning of MAMMON
| Pronunciation: | | 'mamun, 'mamun
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- [n] (New Testament) a personification of wealth and avarice as an evil spirit; "ye cannot serve God and Mammon"
- [n] wealth regarded as an evil influence
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| | See Also: | | imaginary being, imaginary creature, wealth, wealthiness | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Mam"mon\, n. [L. mammona, Gr. ? riches, Syr. mam?n[=a];
cf. Heb. matm?n a hiding place, subterranean storehouse,
treasury, fr. t[=a]man to hide.]
Riches; wealth; the god of riches; riches, personified.
Ye can not serve God and Mammon. --Matt. vi.
24.
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| Easton Bible Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | a Chaldee or Syriac word meaning "wealth" or "riches" (Luke 16:9-11); also, by personification, the god of riches (Matt. 6:24; Luke 16:9-11). |
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| | Related Terms: | | affluence, and pence, assets, bottomless purse, bulging purse, cash, circulating medium, coinage, coined liberty, cold cash, currency, dollars, easy circumstances, embarras de richesses, emergency money, filthy lucre, fortune, fractional currency, gold, handsome fortune, hard cash, hard currency, high income, high tax bracket, independence, legal tender, lucre, luxuriousness, managed currency, material wealth, medium of exchange, mintage, money, money to burn, moneybags, necessity money, opulence, opulency, pelf, possessions, postage currency, postal currency, pounds, property, prosperity, prosperousness, riches, richness, scrip, shillings, silver, six-figure income, soft currency, specie, sterling, substance, the almighty dollar, the wherewith, the wherewithal, treasure, upper bracket, wealth, wealthiness |
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