verb
mimomō
Strong’sG3401
I imitate
stem mim-4 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books3 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
μιμέομαι, -οῦμαι
(< μῖμος, a mimic, an actor), [in LXX: Ps 30 (31):6, Wi 4:2 15:9, IV Mac 9:23 13:9*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3401 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidmim-eh'-om-ahee
to imitate
Frommiddle voice from μῖμος (a "mimic");
King Jamesfollow.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
future -ήσομαι: aorist ἐμιμησάμην Refs 5th c.BC+perfect μεμίμημαι (see. below):—imitate, represent, portray, ἔργα Γιγάντων Refs 5th c.BC+; τινα Refs 6th c.BC+; μ.τινά τι one in a thing, Refs 5th c.BC+; τινὰ κατὰ τὰ αἰδοῖα uncertain in Refs 5th c.BC+; [ὀρθὴν πολιτείαν] ἐπὶ τὰ καλλίω, ἐπὶ τὰ αἰσχίονα μεμιμημένας, Refs imitate him in what is bad, Refs 5th c.BC+perfect participle μεμιμημένος, in active sense, στύλοισι φοίνικας μεμιμημένοισι pillars made to represent palms, Refs 5th c.BC+: in passive sense, made exactly like, portrayed, γραφῇ Refs 5th c.BC+: present participle in passive sense, Refs 5th c.BC+future participle μιμηθησόμενονRefs: aorist participle μιμηθέν Refs
II of the arts, represent, express by means of imitation, of an actor, Refs 5th c.BC+; of painting and music, Refs 5th c.BC+; of poetry, Refs 4th c.BC+; of μῖμοι, represent, act, τι Refs 5th c.BC+ —Neither μῖμος, μιμέομαι, nor any derivations occur in Refs 8th c.BC+:—Trag. use only present and future μῑμ-ηλάζω, = {μιμεία}, ἀγαθὸν κακῷ μ. Refs 1st c.AD+ (-ίζοντες codices),Refs 5th c.AD+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| mimosōrμιμοῦ | happening now · youpresent middle or passive imperative 2nd person singular | imitate | 1× |
| mimovōrμιμεῖσθε | happening now · yepresent middle or passive imperative 2nd person plural | imitate | 1× |
| mimorōμιμεῖσθαι | happening now · the “to …” formpresent middle or passive infinitive | imitate | 2× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 54, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | mimomō | mimome | mimomē | mimomelē |
| you 2nd person singular | mimosō | mimose | mimosē | mimoselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | mimotō | mimote | mimotē | mimotelē |
| we 1st person plural | mimonō | mimone | mimonē | mimonelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | mimovō | mimove | mimovē | mimovelē |
| they 3rd person plural | mimolō | mimole | mimolē | mimolelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | mimomeiō | mimomeiē |
| you 2nd person singular | mimoseiō | mimoseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | mimoteiō | mimoteiē |
| we 1st person plural | mimoneiō | mimoneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | mimoveiō | mimoveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | mimoleiō | mimoleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, 2 occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | mimosōr1×μιμοῦ | mimosēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | mimotōr | mimotēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | mimovōr1×μιμεῖσθε | mimovēr |
| they 3rd person plural | mimolōr | mimolēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present |
|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | mimomoiō |
| you 2nd person singular | mimosoiō |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | mimotoiō |
| we 1st person plural | mimonoiō |
| ye 2nd person plural | mimovoiō |
| they 3rd person plural | mimoloiō |
The “to …” form — infinitive, 2 occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice | mimorō2×μιμεῖσθαι | mimorē |
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice | mimorōntos | mimorēntos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
mim is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
4 occurrences, every one of them listed
mimosōr“imitate”happening now · youpresent middle or passive imperative 2nd person singular1×
3 John 1:11Agapētor, mē mimosōr tem kakosem alla tem agathem. tos …Beloved, do not imitate what is evil, but what is …
mimovōr“imitate”happening now · yepresent middle or passive imperative 2nd person plural1×
Hebrews 13:7… hoiu anatheōrarōntois tan ekbasian tau anastrofau mimovōr tan pistian.… of their way of life and imitate their faith.
mimorō“imitate”happening now · the “to …” formpresent middle or passive infinitive2×
2 Thessalonians 3:7autois gar oidavē pōs datō mimorō nin, hoti ouk ataktana en vi… yourselves know how you ought to imitate us, because we were not undisciplined …
2 Thessalonians 3:9… heautoin tupon dōaneia vi eis tem mimorō nin.… as an example for you to imitate.