Mammōnâs — G3126

Definition

masculine noun

mammonas, i.e. avarice (deified)

1. Edersheim, Jesus the Messiah, 2

Usually translated as

mammon

Origin

of Chaldee origin (confidence, i.e. wealth, personified)

Occurrences

Mammōnâs occurs 4 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Matthew (1), Luke (3)

• Matthew 6:24 — No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon (μαμμωνα).
• Luke 16:9 — And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon (μαμωνᾷ) of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations.
• Luke 16:11 — If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon (μαμωνᾷ), who will commit to your trust the true riches?
• Luke 16:13 — No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon (μαμωνᾷ).