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For the etymology see the standard biblical commentaries
MAMMON, form the Aramaic ''mammon'', "wealth, riches" (possibly from ''ma'mon'', from '''mn,'' "to trust," and meaning, literally, "trust, deposit" (see E. Klein, ''CEDHL'', p. 352; cf. also discussion of Heb root '''mn'' in Köhler-Baumgartner, s.v.


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Biblical noun (NT) 1. An Aramaic word meaning riches (3 Nephi 13:24)

MAMMON, form the Aramaic mammon, "wealth, riches" (possibly from ma'mon, from mn, "to trust," and meaning, literally, "trust, deposit" (see E. Klein, CEDHL, p. 352; cf. also discussion of Heb root mn in Köhler-Baumgartner, s.v.