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1.	New Testament. riches or material wealth. Matt. 6:24; Luke 16:9,11,13.

2.	(often initial capital letter) a personification of riches as an evil spirit or deity.

[Origin: 1350–1400; ME < LL < Gk mam(m)ōnâs < Aram māmōnā riches

]

—Related forms

mam·mon·ish, adjective

—Synonyms 1. possessions, money, gold.

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Bible Riches, avarice, and worldly gain personified as a false god in the New Testament.
often mammon Material wealth regarded as having an evil influence.

[Middle English, from Late Latin mammon, from Greek mamōnās, from Aramaic māmonā, riches, probably from Mishnaic Hebrew māmôn; see mn in Semitic roots.]

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mammon

"personification of wealth," 1362, from L.L. mammona, from Gk. mammonas, from Aramaic mamona, mamon "riches, gain," left untranslated in Gk. N.T. (e.g. Matt. vi.24, Luke xvi.9-13) retained in the Vulgate, and regarded mistakenly by medieval Christians as the name of a demon.

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mammon
noun
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"

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mammon

A New Testament expression for material wealth, which some people worship as a god. Figuratively, it simply means money.

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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.

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