mammon : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: mammon	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for mammon
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mammon n wealth regarded as an evil influence (New Testament) a personification of wealth and avarice as an evil spirit; "ye cannot serve God and Mammon"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mammon \Mam"mon\, n. [L. mammona, Gr. [?] riches, Syr. mam[?]n[be]; cf. Heb. matm[?]n a hiding place, subterranean storehouse, treasury, fr. t[be]man to hide.] Riches; wealth; the god of riches; riches, personified. Ye can not serve God and Mammon. --Matt. vi. 24.
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