Mammon

Mam·mon  (mmn)

n.

1. Bible Riches, avarice, and worldly gain personified as a false god in the New Testament.

2. often mammon Material wealth regarded as having an evil influence.

---

[Middle English, from Late Latin mammon, from Greek mamns, from Aramaic mmon, riches, probably from Mishnaic Hebrew mmôn; see mn in Semitic roots.]

---

mammon [ˈmæmən]

n

1. riches or wealth regarded as a source of evil and corruption

2. avarice or greed

[via Late Latin from New Testament Greek mammōnas, from Aramaic māmōnā wealth]

mammonish  adj

mammonism  n

mammonist , mammonite n

mammonistic  adj

---

Mammon [ˈmæmən]

n

(Christian Religious Writings / Bible) New Testament the personification of riches and greed in the form of a false god

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	mammon - wealth regarded as an evil influence wealth, wealthiness - the state of being rich and affluent; having a plentiful supply of material goods and money; "great wealth is not a sign of great intelligence"
	2.	Mammon - (New Testament) a personification of wealth and avarice as an evil spirit; "ye cannot serve God and Mammon" New Testament - the collection of books of the Gospels, Acts of the Apostles, the Pauline and other epistles, and Revelation; composed soon after Christ's death; the second half of the Christian Bible

Translations

Mammon [ˈmæmən] N → Mammón

mammon

n → Mammon m, → Reichtum m; Mammon → der Mammon

mammon [ˈmæmən] n (pej) (money) → mammona m or f