Imitator
μιμητήςStrong’s G3402mimētēs
Appears in 6 verses of the New Testament
In short
Mimētēs is the Greek word usually translated “imitators”. It appears in 6 verses of the New Testament.
“Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me.”
Meaning
Usually translated “imitators”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- imitators 6
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Corinthians 2
- 1 Thessalonians 2
- Ephesians 1
- Hebrews 1
4 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Corinthians 11:1Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.
- Ephesians 5:1Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;
- 1 Thessalonians 1:6And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost:
- 1 Thessalonians 2:14For ye, brethren, became followers of the churches of God which in Judaea are in Christ Jesus: for ye also have suffered like things of your own countrymen, even as they have of the Jews:
- Hebrews 6:12That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
Greek dictionary
μιμητής mimētēs · imitator
μιμητής, -οῦ, ὁ (μιμέομαι), in NT always (like the verb) in good sense, an imitator: 1Co.4:16 11:1, Eph.5:1, 1Th.1:6 2:14, Heb.6:12.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “imitator” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
IM'ITATOR, noun
One that follows in manners or deportment.
- One that copies, or attempts to make the resemblance of any thing.
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.