MAMMON  , a word of Aramaic origin meaning " riches." The See also:

• ETYMOLOGY (Gr. grvµos, true, and X6yos, "account)

etymology is doubtful; connexions with a word meaning " en-trusted," or with the See also:

• HEBREW

Hebrew matmon, treasure, have been suggested . "Mammon," Gr . µaµwvas (see See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

Professor Eb . Nestle in Ency . Bib. s.v.), occurs in the See also:

• SERMON (Lat. sermo, a discourse)

Sermon on the See also:

• MOUNT, WILLIAM SIDNEY (1807-1868)

Mount (Matt . Vi . 24) and the See also:

• PARABLE (Gr. 7apa(3oXi7, a comparison or similitude)

parable of the Unjust Steward (See also:

• LUKE
• LUKE, GOSPEL OF ST

Luke xvi . 9-13) . The Authorized Version keeps the See also:

• SYRIAC

Syriac word . Wycliffe uses " richessis." The New See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• DICTIONARY

Dictionary quotes Piers Plowman as containing the earliest personification of the name . Nicholaus de See also:

• LYRA (" The Harp ")

Lyra (commenting on the passage in Luke) says that Mammon est nomen daemonis . There is no trace, however, of any Syriac See also:

• GOD

god of such a name, and the See also:

• COMMON

common See also:

• IDENTIFICATION (Lat. idem, the same)

identification of the name with a god of covetousness or avarice is chiefly due to See also:

• MILTON
• MILTON, JOHN (1608–1674)

Milton (See also:

• PARADISE (Gr. lrap6BEwos)

Paradise Lost, i .

678) .