Strong G3401μιμέομαι
to imitate
- Transliteration
- mimeomai
- Pronunciation
- mim-eh'-om-ahee
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Middle voice from μῖμος mimos (a mimic); to imitate: - follow.
Detailed definition
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)
(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)
In the Bible
Strong G3401 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- follow4
First verses
- 2 Thessalonians 3:7For yourselves know how ye ought to follow us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you;
- 2 Thessalonians 3:9Not because we have not power, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you to follow us.
- 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.
- 3 John 1:11Beloved, 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.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
μῑμ-έομαι,
future -ήσομαι: aorist ἐμιμησάμην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 12.21, etc.:)]perfect μεμίμημαι (see. below):—imitate, represent, portray, ἔργα Γιγάντων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (Batrachomyomachia 7; φωνάς “hymnus ad Apollinem” 163; γόον 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 12.21; γλώσσης ἀϋτήν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 564; τὴν τοῦ παιδὸς ὄρχησιν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 2.21)]; τινα [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 370, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.166, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.37, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 1037, etc.)]; μ.τινά τι one in a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.67)]; τινὰ κατὰ τὰ αἰδοῖα uncertain in [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 2.104; κατὰ φωνὴν ἢ κατὰ σχῆμα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 393c)]; [ὀρθὴν πολιτείαν] ἐπὶ τὰ καλλίω, ἐπὶ τὰ αἰσχίονα μεμιμημένας, [Refs ([prev. author] “Plt.” 293e; ἐπὶ τὸ σεμνόν [prev. author] “Lg.” 814e; ἡδοναὶ μεμιμημέναι τὰς ἀληθεῖς ἐπὶ τὰ γελοιότερα [prev. author] “Phlb.” 40c: with _accusative_ _cognate_, μιμήσεις πονηρὰς μ. τινά)] imitate him in what is bad, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Lg.” 705c, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1430, “Pl.” 306; τὰ πλεῖστα μ. τὴν Κρητικὴν πολιτείαν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1271b22:)]perfect participle μεμιμημένος, in active sense, στύλοισι φοίνικας μεμιμημένοισι pillars made to represent palms, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.169, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 414b)]: in passive sense, made exactly like, portrayed, γραφῇ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.78, 86, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1371b6)]: present participle in passive sense, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 604e:)]future participle μιμηθησόμενον[Refs ([prev. work] 599a)]: aorist participle μιμηθέν [Refs ([prev. author] “Lg.” 668b.)]
II of the arts, represent, express by means of imitation, of an actor, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “R.” 605c, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 291 (Lyric poetry))]; of painting and music, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 306d; τὴν τῶν μελῶν μίμησιν τὴν εὖ καὶ τὴν κακῶς μεμιμημένην [prev. author] “Lg.” 812c)]; of poetry, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Poetica” 1447a17, +others)]; of μῖμοι, represent, act, τι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 2.21.)] —Neither μῖμος, μιμέομαι, nor any derivations occur in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” or 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey”)]:—Trag. use only present and future μῑμ-ηλάζω, = {μιμεία}, ἀγαθὸν κακῷ μ. [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.557 (assuming variant); -άζοντες καὶ παρακόπτοντες τὸ δόκιμον νόμισμα [prev. work] 610)] (-ίζοντες codices),[Refs 5th c.AD+ (compare 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]
future -ήσομαι: aorist ἐμιμησάμην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 12.21, etc.:)]perfect μεμίμημαι (see. below):—imitate, represent, portray, ἔργα Γιγάντων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (Batrachomyomachia 7; φωνάς “hymnus ad Apollinem” 163; γόον 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 12.21; γλώσσης ἀϋτήν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 564; τὴν τοῦ παιδὸς ὄρχησιν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 2.21)]; τινα [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 370, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.166, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.37, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 1037, etc.)]; μ.τινά τι one in a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.67)]; τινὰ κατὰ τὰ αἰδοῖα uncertain in [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 2.104; κατὰ φωνὴν ἢ κατὰ σχῆμα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 393c)]; [ὀρθὴν πολιτείαν] ἐπὶ τὰ καλλίω, ἐπὶ τὰ αἰσχίονα μεμιμημένας, [Refs ([prev. author] “Plt.” 293e; ἐπὶ τὸ σεμνόν [prev. author] “Lg.” 814e; ἡδοναὶ μεμιμημέναι τὰς ἀληθεῖς ἐπὶ τὰ γελοιότερα [prev. author] “Phlb.” 40c: with _accusative_ _cognate_, μιμήσεις πονηρὰς μ. τινά)] imitate him in what is bad, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Lg.” 705c, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1430, “Pl.” 306; τὰ πλεῖστα μ. τὴν Κρητικὴν πολιτείαν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1271b22:)]perfect participle μεμιμημένος, in active sense, στύλοισι φοίνικας μεμιμημένοισι pillars made to represent palms, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.169, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 414b)]: in passive sense, made exactly like, portrayed, γραφῇ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.78, 86, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1371b6)]: present participle in passive sense, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 604e:)]future participle μιμηθησόμενον[Refs ([prev. work] 599a)]: aorist participle μιμηθέν [Refs ([prev. author] “Lg.” 668b.)]
II of the arts, represent, express by means of imitation, of an actor, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “R.” 605c, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 291 (Lyric poetry))]; of painting and music, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 306d; τὴν τῶν μελῶν μίμησιν τὴν εὖ καὶ τὴν κακῶς μεμιμημένην [prev. author] “Lg.” 812c)]; of poetry, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Poetica” 1447a17, +others)]; of μῖμοι, represent, act, τι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 2.21.)] —Neither μῖμος, μιμέομαι, nor any derivations occur in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” or 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey”)]:—Trag. use only present and future μῑμ-ηλάζω, = {μιμεία}, ἀγαθὸν κακῷ μ. [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.557 (assuming variant); -άζοντες καὶ παρακόπτοντες τὸ δόκιμον νόμισμα [prev. work] 610)] (-ίζοντες codices),[Refs 5th c.AD+ (compare 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]