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Lexicon :: Strong's G3126 - mamōnas

Aa
μαμωνᾶς
Transliteration
mamōnas (Key)
Pronunciation
mam-mo-nas'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of Aramaic origin (confidence, i.e. wealth, personified)
mGNT
4x in 2 unique form(s) TR
4x in 3 unique form(s) LXX
0x in 0 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 4:388,552

Strong’s Definitions

μαμμωνᾶς mammōnâs, mam-mo-nas'; of Chaldee origin (confidence, i.e. wealth, personified); mammonas, i.e. avarice (deified):—mammon.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's G3126 in the following manner: mammon (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's G3126 in the following manner: mammon (4x).

  1. mammon

  2. treasure

  3. riches (where it is personified and opposed to God)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
μαμμωνᾶς mammōnâs, mam-mo-nas'; of Chaldee origin (confidence, i.e. wealth, personified); mammonas, i.e. avarice (deified):—mammon.
STRONGS G3126:
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 (Ps. 37:3) πλοῦτος.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
43:23
Psalms
36:3; 37:3
Isaiah
33:6
Matthew
6:24
Luke
16:9; 16:11; 16:13
Philippians
3:19

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Strong's Number G3126 matches the Greek μαμωνᾶς (mamōnas),
which occurs 4 times in 4 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:24

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:24 - No man is able to be a servant to two masters: for he will have hate for the one and love for the other, or he will keep to one and have no respect for the other. You may not be servants of God and of wealth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:9 - And I say to you, Make friends for yourselves through the wealth of this life, so that when it comes to an end, you may be taken into the eternal resting-places.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:11 - If, then, you have not been true in your use of the wealth of this life, who will give into your care the true wealth?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:13 - No man may be a servant to two masters: for he will have hate for the one and love for the other; or he will keep to the one and have no respect for the other. You may not be servants of God and of wealth.
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