Greek · Strong's G3401
μιμέομαι
mimeomaimim-eh'-om-ahee
to imitate
1890 spelling: miméomai
- μ40
- ι10
- μ40
- ε5
- ο70
- μ40
- α1
- ι10
Isopsephy 216
Strong's Dictionary · 1890
to imitate
Rendered in the KJV as
follow.
- 4occurrencesin the New Testament
- 3 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 3inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 4 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 3
- μιμεῖσθαι2
- μιμεῖσθε1
- μιμοῦ1
How it is rendered · 3
- do imitate2
- to imitate1
- you to imitate1
The sense the word carries at each spot: how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- verb · present deponent, infinitive (“to…”)2
- verb · present deponent, command · 2nd person plural1
- verb · present deponent, command · 2nd person singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- V-PNN · 2
- V-PNM-2P · 1
- V-PNM-2S · 1
All 4, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
2 Thessalonians carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
2 Thessalonians2 occurrences
- 2 Thessalonians 3:7μιμεῖσθαιmimeisthaiverb · present deponent, infinitive (“to…”)For you yourselves know how you ought to imitate us, because we were not undisciplined among you,here: to imitate
- 2 Thessalonians 3:9μιμεῖσθαιmimeisthaiverb · present deponent, infinitive (“to…”)Not that we lack this right, but we wanted to offer ourselves as an example for you to imitate.here: you to imitate