μιμέομαι
mimeomai · imitate
Greek word · Strong’s number G3401 · appears 4 times in the Bible
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mimeomai (μιμέομαι) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “imitate”.
To imitate, to follow someone's example.
How to say it
mi·me·o·mai
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- To do as another does, taking them as a model.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
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Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- 2 Thessalonians 3:7
For you yourselves know how you ought to imitate us, because we were not disorderly among you,
- 2 Thessalonians 3:9
not because we do not have the right, but so that we might give ourselves to you as an example so that you might imitate us.
- Hebrews 13:7
Remember your leaders, who spoke the word of God to you; considering the outcome of their way of life, imitate their faith.
- 3 John 1:11
Beloved, do not imitate what is evil but what is good. Whoever does good is of God; whoever does evil has not seen God.