Greek verb · G3401
μιμέομαι
mimeomaimim-eh'-om-ahee
to imitate
4 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: miméomai
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G3401is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 27New Testament books
- 3spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G3401
to imitate
The King James renders it: follow.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
mimeomai is rendered "to imitate". It stands 4 times in the Greek text, across three books.
- Two of the uses stand in 2 Thessalonians, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.2 Thessalonians 3:7For you yourselves know how you ought to imitate us, because we were not undisciplined among you,
- The Greek text spells it three different ways.
The first use
For you yourselves know how you ought to imitate us, because we were not undisciplined among you,
2 Thessalonians 3:7μιμεῖσθαι
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Two of the word's four uses are in 2 Thessalonians.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- do imitate2
- to imitate1
- you to imitate1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 4, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
3 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- μιμεῖσθαι2
- μιμεῖσθε1
- μιμοῦ1
The grammar of each form
- verb · present middle or passive form, infinitive (“to…”)2V-PNN
- verb · present middle or passive form, command · 2nd person plural1V-PNM-2P
- verb · present middle or passive form, command · 2nd person singular1V-PNM-2S
2 Thessalonians
two uses
For you yourselves know how you ought to imitate us, because we were not undisciplined among you,
- μιμεῖσθαιmimeisthaiverb · present middle or passive form, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to imitate
Not that we lack this right, but we wanted to offer ourselves as an example for you to imitate.
- μιμεῖσθαιmimeisthaiverb · present middle or passive form, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: you to imitate
Hebrews
one use
Remember your leaders who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith.
- μιμεῖσθεmimeistheverb · present middle or passive form, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do imitate
3 John
one use
Beloved, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good. The one who does good is of God; the one who does evil has not seen God.
- μιμοῦmimouverb · present middle or passive form, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do imitate
Where it leads
On this page
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How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.