μιμέομαι, μιμοῦμαι; (μῖμος (an actor, mimic)); to imitate: τινα, anyone, 2Th_3:7; 2Th_3:9; τί, Heb_13:7; 3Jn_1:11. (Pindar, Aeschylus, Herodotus, others.)

μιμέομαι mimeomai 4x to imitate, follow as an example, strive to resemble, 2Th_3:7 ; 2Th_3:9 ; Heb_13:7 ; 3Jn_1:11 * imitate, imitator.

μιμέομαι , -οῦμαι ( < μῖμος , a mimic, an actor ), [in LXX : Psa_31:6 , Wis_4:2 ; Wis_15:9 , 4Ma_9:23 ; 4Ma_9:13 : * ;] to imitate: 2Th_3:7 ; 2Th_3:9 Heb_13:7 , 3Jn_1:11 .†

μιμέομαι [page 412] P Ryl II. 77 .34 (A.D. 192) μιμοῦ τὸν πα̣[τ ]ε̣ρα τὸν φιλότιμον τὸν [γ ]έρ̣ον̣τ̣α φῶτα , imitate your father the lover of office, the brave old man (Edd.), P Oxy X. 1295 .3 (ii/iii A.D.) ἰδοὺ μὲν ἐγὼ οὐκ ἐμιμησάμην σε τοῦ ἀπᾶν ( l. ἀποσπᾶν ) τὸν υἱόν μου , see, I have not imitated you by taking away my son (Edd.), P Flor III. 367 .8 (iii/A.D.) ἐγὼ δὲ οὐ μειμήσομαί σε : cf. 2Th_3:7 ; 2Th_3:9 . For μιμέομαί τι , as in Heb_13:7 , 3Jn_1:11 , we may cite Kaibel 85 .3 ἤσκουν μὲν τὸ δίκαιον ἐμιμού [μην τε τὸ καλόν , and Aristeas 188 μιμούμενος τὸ τοῦ θεοῦ διὰ παντὸς ἐπιεικές . For μίμησις cf. P Flor III. 292 .7 (vi/A.D.) κατὰ μ [ί ]μησιν τῆς ἄρτι παρελθούσης ἕκτης ἰνδ (ικτίονος ), and similarly ib. 293 .9 (vi/A.D.), and for μίμημα ( Wis_9:8 ), cf. Musonius p. 90 .4 καθόλου δὲ ἄνθρωπος μίμημα . . θεοῦ μόνον τῶν ἐπιγείων ἐστίν .

μιμέομαι [Etym: μῖμος] "to mimic, imitate, represent, portray", Hhymn. , Aesch. , etc.; μ. τινά τι one "in" a thing, Hdt. ; τινα κατά τι id=Hdt. ; perf. part. in act. sense στύλοισι φοίνικας μεμιμημένοισι pillars "made to represent" palms, id=Hdt. ; but also in pass. "made exactly like, portrayed", id=Hdt. , Plat. of the fine arts, "to represent, express by means of imitation", of an actor, Ar. , Plat. ; of painting and music, Plat. ; of sculpture and poetry, Arist.

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)