To imitate
μιμέομαιStrong’s G3401mimeomai
Appears in 4 verses of the New Testament
In short
Mimeomai is the Greek word usually translated “do imitate” and “imitate”. It appears in 4 verses of the New Testament.
“For yourselves know how ye ought to follow us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you;”
Meaning
Usually translated “do imitate” and “imitate”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- do imitate 2
- to imitate 1
- you to imitate 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 2 Thessalonians 2
- Hebrews 1
- 3 John 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 2 Thessalonians 3:9In contextNot because we have not power, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you to follow us.
- 3 John 1:11In contextBeloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seen God.
- Hebrews 13:7Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation.
Greek dictionary
μιμέομαι mimeomai · to imitate
μιμέομαι, -οῦμαι (μῖμος, a mimic, an actor), [in LXX: Psa.31:6, Wis.4:2 15:9, 4Ma.9:23 4Mac 9:13 : * ;] to imitate: 2Th.3:7 3:9 Heb.13:7, 3Jn.11.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “imitate” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
IMI'TATE, verb transitive
[Latin imitor; allied perhaps to Gr. similar, equal.]
- To follow in manners; to copy in form, color or quality.
- To attempt or endeavor to copy or resemble; as, to imitate the colors of the rainbow, or any of the beauties of nature.
- To counterfeit.
- To pursue the course of a composition, so as to use like images and examples.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.