μιμέομαι
miméomai · G3401 · Greek · 4 occurrences
Meanings
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to imitate, to do as others do
To behave in the same manner as someone else
Examples2 Thessalonians 3:7 For you yourselves know how you ought to follow our example, because we did not act in an undisciplined way among you,
2 Thessalonians 3:9 not because we do not have the right to this, but in order to offer ourselves as a role model for you, so that you would follow our example.
Hebrews 13:7 Remember those who led you, who spoke the word of God to you; and considering the result of their way of life, imitate their faith.
How it’s used In 5 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
4 occurrences in 3 groups
- Not stated (infinitive) 2
- Not stated: you (more than one) 1
- Not stated: you (one person) 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
4 occurrences in 3 groups
- ἐγώI, we 2
- κακόςevil, bad, harm 1
- πίστιςfaith, trust, faithfulness 1
Named alongside itApposition
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἡγέομαιto consider, to lead 1
What it doesIt is the subject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- δέωto bind, to tie 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- εἰςto 2
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Semantic domains 1 entry
- To imitate, to do as others do41.44
- This sense denotes following the example set by another. Hebrews 13:7 instructs believers, considering the outcome of their leaders' way of life, to “imitate their faith.”
Word family 3 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon μιμοῦμαι; (μῖμος (an actor, mimic)); to imitate: τινα, anyone, 2 Thess 3:7, 2 Thess 3:9;…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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