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mammon wealth or money, personified
An Aramaic word the King James left standing. Matthew 6:24 — "ye cannot serve God and mammon" — treats money as a rival master rather than a neutral tool.
Means: wealth or money, personifiedIn the KJV: 4 timesLeft in Hebrew, Aramaic or Greek
The word behind it
Where it appears
All 4 verses.
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.
And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations.
If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?
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.
Common questions
What does "mammon" mean in the Bible?
In the King James Version mammon means wealth or money, personified. An Aramaic word the King James left standing. Matthew 6:24 — "ye cannot serve God and mammon" — treats money as a rival master rather than a neutral tool.
How many times does "mammon" appear in the King James Version?
4 times.
What Greek word is behind "mammon"?
Most often μαμμωνᾶς (mammōnâs), Strong's G3126, meaning mammonas, i.e. avarice (deified).
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