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mammon

 

  5  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mammon  \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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  mammon 
  n  1:  wealth  regarded  as  an  evil  influence 
  2:  (New  Testament)  a  personification  of  wealth  and  avarice  as 
  an  evil  spirit;  "ye  cannot  serve  God  and  Mammon"  [syn:  {Mammon}] 
 
  From  Easton's  1897  Bible  Dictionary  [easton]: 
 
  Mammon 
  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). 
 
 
  From  Hitchcock's  Bible  Names  Dictionary  (late  1800's)  [hitchcock]: 
 
  Mammon,  riches 
 
 
  From  THE  DEVIL'S  DICTIONARY  ((C)1911  Released  April  15  1993)  [devils]: 
 
  MAMMON,  n.  The  god  of  the  world's  leading  religion.  The  chief  temple 
  is  in  the  holy  city  of  New  York. 
 
  He  swore  that  all  other  religions  were  gammon, 
  And  wore  out  his  knees  in  the  worship  of  Mammon. 
  Jared  Oopf




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