Mammon

created by Webster 1913
(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:02:02

Mam"mon (?), n. [L. mammona, Gr. riches, Syr. mamna; cf. Heb. matmn a hiding place, subterranean storehouse, treasury, fr. taman to hide.]

Riches; wealth; the god of riches; riches, personified.

Ye can not serve God and Mammon. Matt. vi. 24.

 

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