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MAMMON

(Gk. mamōnás, mammōnás)

A transliteration from Aram. or Heb. mmnw, absent from the OT but common in rabbinic literature, denoting money or goods. Contrary to popular belief, no evidence has been found for the cult of a pagan god named Mammon.

Jesus taught that “no one can serve two masters . . . you cannot serve God and Mammon” (Matt. 6:24; Luke 16:13; quoted in 2 Clem. 6.1). Here Mammon is personified as an object of false devotion. In material unique to Luke, it appears with its conventional meaning: Make friends by means of unrighteous mammon (Luke 16:9; NRSV “wealth”), and be trustworthy in its use (v. 11).

Gary S. Shogren






Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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