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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Mammon |
 | | If we accept the derivation from 'mn we may render it "riches in which men trust", and it is remarkable that the Sept. of Ps. |
 | | xxxvii, 3, renders 'mwgh by plouto, or "riches", as though hinting at such a derivation. |
 | | The expression is common in the Targums, where mmwn is often followed by sqr corresponding to the adikias of Luke, thus see on Prov., xv, 27; but it is noteworthy that Ecclus., v, 8 (10, Vulg.) "goods unjustly gotten" chremasin adikois, reads in Hebrew nks-sqr and not mtmwn. |
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