noun · masculine

mimētos

Greekμιμητής (mimētēs)

Strong’sG3402

an imitator

stem mimēt-6 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books1 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

imitators6×

What it means

* μιμητής, -οῦ, ὁ

(< μιμέομαι),

in NT always (like the verb) in good sense, an imitator: I Co 4:16 11:1, Eph 5:1, I Th 1:6 2:14, He 6:12.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G3402 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidmim-ay-tace'

an imitator

Fromfrom G3401;

King Jamesfollower.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	mimētos	mimētois6×μιμηταὶ
object accusative	mimēton	mimētoin
direct address vocative	mimētor	mimētoir
of, belonging to genitive	mimētou	mimētoiu
to, for dative	mimēto	mimētoi

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

mimētstem+ogender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

mimēto 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

6 occurrences, every one of them listed

mimētois“imitators”subjectnominative plural6×

1 Corinthians 4:16“imitators”parakalamō oun vin, mimētois mu ginevōr.Therefore I urge you to imitate me.

1 Corinthians 11:1“imitators”mimētois mu ginevōr, kathōs kamis Christou.You are to imitate me, just as I imitate Christ.

Ephesians 5:1“imitators”ginevōr oun mimētois tou theou, hōs tekneim agapēteim,Be imitators of God, therefore, as beloved children,

1 Thessalonians 1:6“imitators”kai vis mimētois nu giniva kai tou kuriou, decheratois ton logon en thlipsia polla meta charau pneumeu hagieu,And you became imitators of us and of the Lord when you welcomed the message with the joy of the Holy Spirit, in spite of your great suffering.

1 Thessalonians 2:14“imitators”vis gar mimētois giniva, adelfoir, taiu ekklēsaiu tou theou taiu arōtaiu en ta Ioudaia en Christo Iēso, hoti teim auteim paschava kai vis hupo toiu idioiu sumfuletoiu kathōs kai autois hupo toiu IoudaioiuFor you, brothers, became imitators of the churches of God in Judea that are in Christ Jesus. You suffered from your own countrymen the very things they suffered from the Jews,

Hebrews 6:12“imitators”hina mē nōthrois gineveia, mimētois de toiu dia pistiau kai makrothumiau klēronomarōtoiu tain epangeliain.Then you will not be sluggish, but will imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised.