◄ 3402. mimétés ►
Strong's Concordance mimétés: an imitator Original Word: μιμητής, οῦ, ὁ Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: mimétés Phonetic Spelling: (mim-ay-tace') Short Definition: an imitator Definition: an imitator, follower. HELPS Word-studies 3402 mimētḗs (the root of the English term, mimic, "one who imitates, emulates") – properly, the positive imitation that arises by admiring the pattern set by someone worthy of emulation, i.e. a mentor setting a proper example. 3402 /mimētḗs ("emulator, imitator") is always used positively in the NT (seven times) – of followers of Christ emulating a God-approved example. The supreme model is God Himself (see Eph 5:1). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 3402: μιμητής μιμητής, μιμητου, ὁ, an imitator: γίνομαι τίνος (genitive of person), 1 Corinthians 4:16; 1 Corinthians 11:1; Ephesians 5:1; 1 Thessalonians 1:6; 1 Thessalonians 2:14; Hebrews 6:12; with the genitive of the thing, 1 Peter 3:13 Rec. (where L T Tr WH ζηλωταί). (Plato, Isocrates, others.) Strong's Exhaustive Concordance follower. From mimeomai; an imitator -- follower. see GREEK mimeomai Forms and Transliterations μιμηται μιμηταί μιμηταὶ mimetai mimetaí mimetaì mimētai mimētaí mimētaì Links Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts Englishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 3402 6 Occurrences μιμηταί — 6 Occ. 1 Corinthians 4:16 N-NMP GRK: οὖν ὑμᾶς μιμηταί μου γίνεσθε NAS: I exhort you, be imitators of me. KJV: you, be ye followers of me. INT: therefore you imitators of me become 1 Corinthians 11:1 N-NMP GRK: μιμηταί μου γίνεσθε NAS: Be imitators of me, just as I also KJV: Be ye followers of me, even as INT: Imitators of me be Ephesians 5:1 N-NMP GRK: γίνεσθε οὖν μιμηταὶ τοῦ θεοῦ NAS: Therefore be imitators of God, KJV: ye therefore followers of God, as INT: Be you therefore imitators of God 1 Thessalonians 1:6 N-NMP GRK: καὶ ὑμεῖς μιμηταὶ ἡμῶν ἐγενήθητε NAS: became imitators of us and of the Lord, KJV: ye became followers of us, and INT: and you imitators of us became 1 Thessalonians 2:14 N-NMP GRK: ὑμεῖς γὰρ μιμηταὶ ἐγενήθητε ἀδελφοί NAS: became imitators of the churches KJV: became followers of the churches INT: you indeed imitators became brothers Hebrews 6:12 N-NMP GRK: νωθροὶ γένησθε μιμηταὶ δὲ τῶν NAS: that you will not be sluggish, but imitators of those KJV: but followers of them who through INT: sluggish you be imitators however of those who 6 Occurrences