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Strong's #3126 - μαμμωνᾶς
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- mammon
- treasure
- riches (where it is personified and opposed to God)
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μαμωνᾶς, ᾶ,
wealth, Luke 16:9,al. (Aramaic word.)
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
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*† μαμωνᾶς
(Rec. μαμμ -), -ᾶ (Bl., § 7, 4), ό
(Aram. מָמוֺנָא ),
mammon, riches: Matthew 6:24, Luke 16:9; Luke 16:11; Luke 16:13.†
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For the gen. form μαμωνᾶ (Luke 16:9), see Robertson Gr. p. 254 f. According to Dalman (Gr..2 p. 170 f., Anm. 1) μαμωνᾶς is derived from מַאֵמוֹן, ";deposited.";
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