Mammon
The desire for wealth personified as an evil spirit or a malign influenceThe desire for wealth personified as an evil spirit or a malign influence.
Meaning
2 sensesThe desire for wealth personified as an evil spirit or a malign influence.
Often mammon: wealth, material avarice, profit.
Examples
1 sentencesTheir god is Mammon.
deDeren Götze ist der Mammon. — Waldelfe
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
From Late Latin mammona (“wealth”), from Hellenistic Ancient Greek μαμωνᾶς (mamōnâs), fromFrom Late Latin mammona (“wealth”), from Hellenistic Ancient Greek μαμωνᾶς (mamōnâs), from Aramaic מָמוֹנָא (māmōnā, “money, wealth”). Compare Hebrew מָמוֹן (mamón, “money”).
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