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Lexicon :: Strong's G3126 - mamōnas

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μαμωνᾶς
Transliteration
mamōnas (Key)
Pronunciation
mam-mo-nas'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of Aramaic origin (confidence, i.e. wealth, personified)
mGNT
4x in 2 unique form(s) TR
4x in 3 unique form(s) LXX
0x in 0 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 4:388,552

Strong’s Definitions

μαμμωνᾶς mammōnâs, mam-mo-nas'; of Chaldee origin (confidence, i.e. wealth, personified); mammonas, i.e. avarice (deified):—mammon.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's G3126 in the following manner: mammon (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's G3126 in the following manner: mammon (4x).

  1. mammon

  2. treasure

  3. riches (where it is personified and opposed to God)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
μαμμωνᾶς mammōnâs, mam-mo-nas'; of Chaldee origin (confidence, i.e. wealth, personified); mammonas, i.e. avarice (deified):—mammon.
STRONGS G3126:
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 (Genesis 43:23); cf. B. D., under the word; Edersheim, Jesus the Messiah, 2:269)), riches: Matthew 6:24 and Luke 16:13 (where it is personified and opposed to God; cf. Philippians 3:19); Luke 16:9, 11. (lucrum punice mammon dicitur, Augustine (de serm. Dom. in monte, 1. ii. c. xiv. (sec. 47)); the Sept. translated the Hebrew אֱמוּנָה in Isaiah 33:6 θησαυροί, and in Psalm 36:3 (Ps. 37:3) πλοῦτος.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
43:23
Psalms
36:3; 37:3
Isaiah
33:6
Matthew
6:24
Luke
16:9; 16:11; 16:13
Philippians
3:19

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3126 matches the Greek μαμωνᾶς (mamōnas),
which occurs 4 times in 4 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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