Mammon

Meaning

1. Alternative letter-case form of Mammon (“wealth, material avarice”).
2. Often mammon: wealth, material avarice, profit.
3. The desire for wealth personified as an evil spirit or a malign influence.

Etymology / origin

From 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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