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Mammon

Mammon

3 9.9
Money treated like a god that people worship instead of important things
  • noun
  • /ˈmæmən/
  • Literature
translation icon : Mamón
  • Unless I missed something in the scriptures, Christ takes a dim view of worshipping Mammon.
  • God and Mammon
  • serve God and Mammon
  • worship of Mammon

Canaan is where Mammon ran rampant and came from.

Examples

  • You cannot serve God and Mammon.

    Academic text (1992)

  • The man is a servant of Mammon.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • You cannot serve God and Mammon.

    King of Kings (1961)

  • Our objection is to turning society wholesale over to Mammon, where the rich and the powerful control everything.

    Blog text (8)

  • Mammon is one of those demons, and Mammon personifies material wealth or greed.

    Blog text (27)

  • You cannot serve God and Mammon.

  • The Bible warns that one should not worship Mammon over God.

  • In many cultures, Mammon represents the temptation of material wealth.

Synonyms

almighty dollar
vsMammon
  • Informal
3 5.8

Money that strongly influences what people do and choose

is about riches as a corrupting object of worship, not only influential money
golden calf
vsMammon
2 8.1

Something that people value too much, often money or things

is the idea of riches as a corrupting, false object of devotion

Antonyms

poverty
550 2.0

A situation of having very little money and few things

Surface Forms

Mammon singular
Mammons plural
Mammon's singular

Etymology

Mammon comes from an old Aramaic word mamona meaning 'wealth' or 'riches', and in the Bible it became a name for a false god or spirit that makes people worship money. So Mammon now means wealth seen as an evil power or a false object of worship.