Quick Definition
μιμέομαι v. I imitate
Strong's Definition
middle voice from mimos (a "mimic"); to imitate
KJV Usage: follow
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
μιμέομαι, -οὔμαι ; (μῖμος [an actor, mimic]); to imitate: τῶν ovp. he kingdom of but little in xi le dak:
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
μιμέομαι mimeomai 4x
to imitate, follow as an example, strive to resemble, 2 Thess. 3:7, 9; Heb. 13:7; 3 Jn. 11*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
μιμέομαι, -οῦμαι
(< μῖμος, a mimic, an actor), [in LXX: Ps 30 (31):6, Wi 4:2 15:9, IV Mac 9:23 13:9*;]
to imitate: II Th 3:7, 9, He 13:7, III Jo 11.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
μιμέομαι. P Ryl II. 77%4 (a.p. 192) μιμοῦ τὸν πα[τ]έρα τὸν φιλότιμον τὸν [γ]έροντα φῶτα, ‘imitate your father the lover of office, | the brave old man” (Edd.), P Oxy X. 1295% (ii/iii a.D.) ἰδοὺ μὲν ἐγὼ οὐκ ἐμιμησάμην σε τοῦ ἀπᾶν (/. ἀποσπᾶν) τὸν | υἱόν pov, “see, I have not imitated you by taking away my son” (Edd.), P Flor III. 3678 (iii/a.p.) ἐγὼ δὲ οὐ μειμήσομαί oe: cf. 2 Thess 3: 9. For pipéopat τι, as in Heb 137, 3 Jn”, we may cite Aazbel 85° 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. 2927 (vi/A.pD.) κατὰ μίμησιν τῆς ἄρτι παρελθούσης ἕκτης ἰνδ(ικτίονος), and similarly 20. 293° (vi/a.p.), and for μίμημα (Wisd 98), cf. Musonius p. 904 καθόλου δὲ ἄνθρωπος μίμημα... θεοῦ μόνον τῶν ἐπιγείων ἐστίν.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
μιμέομαι (mimeomai) — to imitate. μῑμ-έομαι, future -ήσομαι: aorist ἐμιμησάμην [Refs 5th c.BC+]perfect μεμίμημαι (see. below):—imitate, represent, portray, ἔργα Γιγάντων [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τινα [Refs 6th c.BC+]; μ.τινά τι one in a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τινὰ κατὰ τὰ αἰδοῖα uncertain in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; [ὀρθὴν πολιτείαν] ἐπὶ τὰ καλλίω, ἐπὶ τὰ αἰσχίονα μεμιμημένας, [Refs] imitate him in what is bad, [Refs 5th c.BC+]perfect participle μεμιμημένος, in active sense, στύλοισι φοίνικας μεμιμημένοισι pillars made to represent palms, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: in passive sense, made exactly like, portrayed, γραφῇ [Refs 5th c.BC+]: present participle in passive sense, [Refs 5th c.BC+]future participle μιμηθησόμενον[Refs]: aorist participle μιμηθέν [Refs]
II. of the arts, represent, express by means of imitation, of an actor, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of painting and music, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of poetry, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of μῖμοι, represent, act, τι [Refs 5th c.BC+] —Neither μῖμος, μιμέομαι, nor any derivations occur in [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—Trag. use only present and future μῑμ-ηλάζω, = {μιμεία}, ἀγαθὸν κακῷ μ. [Refs 1st c.AD+] (-ίζοντες codices),[Refs 5th c.AD+]