μαμμωνᾶς

μαμμωνᾶς — mammōnâs

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 (Gen 43:23); cf. B. D., under the word; Edersheim, Jesus the Messiah, 2:269)), riches: Mat 6:24 and Luk 16:13 (where it is personified and opposed to God; cf. Php 3:19); Luk 16:9; Luk 16:11. (lucrum punice mammon dicitur, Augustine (de serm. Dom. in monte, 1. ii. c. xiv. (sec. 47)); the Sept. translated the Hebrew אֱמוּנָה in Isa 33:6 θησαυροί, and in Psa 36:3 πλοῦτος.)