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Bible Concordance
Mammon (4 Occurrences)

Matthew 6:24 "No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other; or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You can't serve both God and Mammon. (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Luke 16:9 I tell you, make for yourselves friends by means of unrighteous mammon, so that when you fail, they may receive you into the eternal tents. (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Luke 16:11 If therefore you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches? (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Luke 16:13 No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to one, and despise the other. You aren't able to serve God and mammon." (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Thesaurus
Mammon (4 Occurrences)
...MAMMON. ... In these passages mammon merely means wealth, and is called "unrighteous,"
because the abuse of riches is more frequent than their right use. ...
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Unrighteous (32 Occurrences)
... Luke 16:9 I tell you, make for yourselves friends by means of unrighteous mammon,
so that when you fail, they may receive you into the eternal tents. ...
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Lords (63 Occurrences)
... serve two lords, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will
hold to the one, and despise the other; ye are not able to serve God and Mammon...
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Either (152 Occurrences)
... other. You can't serve both God and Mammon. ... other. You aren't able to serve
God and mammon." (WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Devoted (72 Occurrences)
... other. You can't serve both God and Mammon. (WEB NAS RSV NIV). ... other. You
aren't able to serve God and mammon." (See NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Despise (64 Occurrences)
... You can't serve both God and Mammon. (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). ... You
aren't able to serve God and mammon." (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Masters (59 Occurrences)
... other. You can't serve both God and Mammon. ... other. You aren't able to serve
God and mammon." (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Riches (118 Occurrences)
... Compare MAMMON; TREASURE; WEALTH. ... Luke 16:11 If therefore you have not been faithful
in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches? ...
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Serve (407 Occurrences)
... You can't serve both God and Mammon. (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). ... You
aren't able to serve God and mammon." (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Hate (177 Occurrences)
... other. You can't serve both God and Mammon. ... other. You aren't able to serve God
and mammon." (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Greek
3126. mamonas -- riches
... mammon. Of Chaldee origin (confidence, ie Wealth, personified); mammonas, ie Avarice
(deified) -- mammon. (mamona) -- 4 Occurrences. << 3125, 3126. ...
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Hitchcock's Bible Names
Mammon

riches

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
MAMMON

mam'-un (Mamonas): A common Aramaic word (mamon) for riches, used in Matthew 6:24 and in Luke 16:9, 11, 13. In these passages mammon merely means wealth, and is called "unrighteous," because the abuse of riches is more frequent than their right use. In Luke 16:13 there is doubtless personification, but there is no proof that there was in New Testament times a Syrian deity called Mammon. The application of the term in Matthew is apparent and requires no comment. In Luke, however, since the statement, "Make to yourselves friends out of the mammon of unrighteousness," follows as a comment on the parable of the Unjust Steward, there is danger of the inference that Jesus approved the dishonest conduct of the steward and advised His disciples to imitate his example. On the contrary, the statement is added more as a corrective against this inference than as an application. `Do not infer,' He says, that honesty in the use of money is a matter of indifference. He that is unfaithful in little is unfaithful in much. So if you are not wise in the use of earthly treasure how can you hope to be entrusted with heavenly treasure?' The commendation is in the matter of foresight, not in the method. The steward tried to serve two masters, his lord and his lord's creditors, but the thing could not be done, as the sequel shows. Neither can men serve both God and riches exalted as an object of slavish servitude. Wealth, Jesus teaches, does not really belong to men, but as stewards they may use wealth prudently unto their eternal advantage. Instead of serving God and mammon alike we may serve God by the use of wealth, and thus lay up treasures for ourselves in heaven. Again, the parable is not to be interpreted as teaching that the wrong of dishonest gain may be atoned for by charity. Jesus is not dealing with the question of reparation. The object is to point out how one may best use wealth, tainted or otherwise, with a view to the future.

Russell Benjamin Miller

Easton's Bible Dictionary
A Chaldee or Syriac word meaning "wealth" or "riches" (Luke 16:9-11); also, by personification, the god of riches (Matthew 6:24; Luke 16:9-11).

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
(n.) Riches; wealth; the god of riches; riches, personified.
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