noun · masculine

mamōnaos

Greekμαμωνᾶς (mamōnas)

Strong’sG3126

riches, money, possessions

stem mamōna-4 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

money2×wealth2×

What it means

*† μαμωνᾶς (Rec. μαμμ-), -ᾶ (Bl., § 7, 4), ό (Aram. מָמוֺנָא),

mammon, riches: Mt 6:24, Lk 16:9, 11, 13.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G3126 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidmam-mo-nas'

mammonas, i.e. avarice (deified)

Fromof Chaldee origin (confidence, i.e. wealth, personified);

King Jamesmammon.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	mamōnaos	mamōnaois
object accusative	mamōnaon	mamōnaoin
direct address vocative	mamōnaor	mamōnaoir
of, belonging to genitive	mamōnaou1×μαμωνᾶ	mamōnaoiu
to, for dative	mamōnao3×μαμωνᾷ	mamōnaoi

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

mamōnastem+ogender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

mamōnao is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

4 occurrences, every one of them listed

mamōnaou“wealth”of, belonging togenitive singular1×

Luke 16:9“wealth”kai mis vi legamō, heautoi poiavar filoin ek tou mamōnaou tau adikiau, hina hotan ekleipateia decheleia vin eis tain aiōniain skēnain.I tell you, use worldly wealth to make friends for yourselves so that when it is gone, they will welcome you into eternal dwellings.

mamōnao“money”to, fordative singular3×

Matthew 6:24“money”Oudenos dunetō duo kurioi douleuarō; ē gar ton henon misati kai ton heteron agapati, ē henou antecheti kai tou heterou katafronati. ouk dunevō theo douleuarō kai mamōnao.No one can serve two masters: Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.

Luke 16:11“wealth”ei oun en to adiko mamōnao pistois ouk gineva, tem alēthinem tinos vi pisteuati?So if you have not been faithful with worldly wealth, who will entrust you with true riches?

Luke 16:13“money”oudenos oiketos dunetō duo kurioi douleuarō; ē gar ton henon misati kai ton heteron agapati, ē henou antecheti kai tou heterou katafronati. ouk dunevō theo douleuarō kai mamōnao.No servant can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.”