Wealth
μαμμωνᾶςStrong’s G3126mammōnas
Appears in 4 verses of the New Testament
In short
Mammōnas is the Greek word usually translated “money” and “wealth”. It appears in 4 verses of the New Testament.
“No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.”
Meaning
Usually translated “money” and “wealth”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- money 2
- wealth 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Luke 3
- Matthew 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Luke 16:9And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations.
- Luke 16:11If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?
- Luke 16:13No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
Greek dictionary
μαμμωνᾶς mammōnas · wealth
μαμωνᾶς (Rec. μαμμ-), -ᾶ (Bl., § 7, 4), ό (Aram. מָמוֺנָא), mammon, riches: Mat.6:24, Luk.16:9, 11 16:13.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “wealth” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
WEALTH, noun
- Prosperity; external happiness.
- Riches; large possessions of money, goods or land; that abundance of worldly estate which exceeds the estate of the greater part of the community; affluence; opulence.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.