'Mammon' definitions:
Definition of 'mammon'
(from WordNet)
noun
Wealth regarded as an evil influence
noun
(New Testament) a personification of wealth and avarice as an evil spirit; "ye cannot serve God and Mammon"
Definition of 'Mammon'
From: GCIDE
- Mammon \Mam"mon\ (m[a^]m"m[u^]n), n. [L. mammona, Gr. mammwna^s riches, Syr. mam[=o]n[=a]; cf. Heb. matm[=o]n a hiding place, subterranean storehouse, treasury, fr. t[=a]man to hide.] Riches; wealth; the god of riches; riches, personified. [1913 Webster]
- Ye can not serve God and Mammon. --Matt. vi. 24. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'mammon'
From: Easton
- Mammon a Chaldee or Syriac word meaning "wealth" or "riches" (Luke 16:9-11); also, by personification, the god of riches (Matt. 6:24; Luke 16:9-11).
Definition of 'mammon'
From: Hitchcock
- Mammon, riches
Synonyms of 'mammon'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- affluence,
- and pence,
- assets,
- bottomless purse,
- bulging purse,
- cash,
- circulating medium,
- coinage,
- coined liberty,
- cold cash,
- currency,
- dollars,
- easy circumstances,
- embarras de richesses,
- emergency money,
- filthy lucre,
- fortune,
- fractional currency,
- gold,
- handsome fortune,
- hard cash,
- hard currency,
- high income,
- high tax bracket,
- independence,
- legal tender,
- lucre,
- luxuriousness,
- managed currency,
- material wealth,
- medium of exchange,
- mintage,
- money,
- money to burn,
- moneybags,
- necessity money,
- opulence,
- opulency,
- pelf,
- possessions,
- postage currency,
- postal currency,
- pounds,
- property,
- prosperity,
- prosperousness,
- riches,
- richness,
- scrip,
- shillings,
- silver,
- six-figure income,
- soft currency,
- specie,
- sterling,
- substance,
- the almighty dollar,
- the wherewith,
- the wherewithal,
- treasure,
- upper bracket,
- wealth,
- wealthiness