STRONGS G3126:
μαμωνᾶς (
G L T Tr WH), incorrectly
Μαμμωνᾶς (
Rec. (in Matt.)),
μαμωνᾷ (
Buttmann, 20 (18);
Winer's Grammar, § 8, 1),
ὁ,
mammon (Chaldean
מָאמונָא, to be derived, apparently, from
אָמַן; hence,
what is trusted in (cf. Buxtof, Lex. chald. talmud. et rabbin. col. 1217f (especially Fischer edition, p. 613f); according to Gesenius (Thesaurus i., 552) contracted from
מַטְמון,
treasure (
Genesis 43:23); cf.
B. D., under the word; Edersheim, Jesus the Messiah, 2:269)),
riches:
Matthew 6:24 and
Luke 16:13 (where it is personified and opposed to God; cf.
Philippians 3:19);
Luke 16:9,
11. (
lucrum punice mammon dicitur, Augustine (de serm. Dom. in monte, 1. ii. c. xiv. (sec. 47)); the
Sept. translated the Hebrew
אֱמוּנָה in
Isaiah 33:6 θησαυροί, and in
Psalm 36:3 (
Ps. 37:3)
πλοῦτος.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's
- Genesis
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43:23
- Psalms
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36:3; 37:3
- Isaiah
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33:6
- Matthew
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6:24
- Luke
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16:9; 16:11; 16:13
- Philippians
-
3:19