μαμωνᾶς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• μαμμωνᾶς (mammōnâs)

Etymology

From Aramaic מָמוֹן (mamón, “wealth”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ma.moˈnas/ → /ma.moˈnas/

• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ma.moˈnas/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ma.moˈnas/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ma.moˈnas/

Noun

μαμωνᾶς • (mamōnâs) m (genitive μαμωνᾶ); first declension (Koine)

1. wealth, property, money
2. Mammon (wealth personified)
   • 70 CE – 110 CE, The Gospel of Matthew 6:24:

     οὐ δύνασθε θεῷ δουλεύειν καὶ μαμωνᾷ.

     ou dúnasthe theôi douleúein kaì mamōnâi.

     You cannot serve God and Mammon.

Inflection

First declension of ὁ μαμωνᾶς; τοῦ μαμωνᾶ (Koine)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ μαμωνᾶς ho mamōnâs	τὼ μαμωνᾶ tṑ mamōnâ	οἱ μαμωναῖ hoi mamōnaî
Genitive	τοῦ μαμωνᾶ toû mamōnâ	τοῖν μαμωναῖν toîn mamōnaîn	τῶν μαμωνῶν tôn mamōnôn
Dative	τῷ μαμωνᾷ tôi mamōnâi	τοῖν μαμωναῖν toîn mamōnaîn	τοῖς μαμωναῖς toîs mamōnaîs
Accusative	τὸν μαμωνᾶν tòn mamōnân	τὼ μαμωνᾶ tṑ mamōnâ	τοὺς μαμωνᾶς toùs mamōnâs
Vocative	μαμωνᾶ mamōnâ	μαμωνᾶ mamōnâ	μαμωναῖ mamōnaî

Descendants

• Greek: Μαμωνάς (Mamonás)
• → Gothic: 𐌼𐌰𐌼𐌼𐍉𐌽𐌰 (mammōna)
• → Latin: mammōna, mamōna
  • → English: Mammon, mammon
  • → Estonian: mammona
  • → Finnish: mammona
  • → German: Mammon
  • → Italian: Mammona

References

• “μαμωνᾶς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• μαμωνᾶς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• G3126 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible