ΜΙΜΗΤΑΣ, μιμητας
MIMĒTAS, mimētas
Sounds Like: mee-may-TAS
Translations: imitators, followers, a follower, an imitator
From the root: ΜΙΜΗΤΗΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to someone who imitates or follows another, often in a moral or behavioral sense. It implies adopting the actions, character, or teachings of the one being imitated. It is commonly used to describe disciples or adherents who emulate their leader or teacher.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative or Accusative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G3402 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Ignatius of Antioch
- Ignatius’ Letter to the Trallians — 1:2
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Justin Martyr
Polycarp of Smyrna
- Martyrdom of Polycarp — 17:3
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΜΙΜΗΤΗΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΜΕΙΜΗΤΑΙ — imitators, followers
- ΜΙΜΗΤΑ — imitator, a follower, an imitator, a follower
- ΜΙΜΗΤΑΙ — imitators, followers
- ΜΙΜΗΤΕ — imitators, a follower, an imitator
- ΜΙΜΗΤΗ — imitator, a follower
- ΜΙΜΗΤΗΝ — imitator, a follower, an imitator
- ΜΙΜΗΤΗΣ — imitator, follower, an imitator, a follower
- ΣΥΝΜΙΜΗΤΑΙ — fellow imitators, joint imitators
- ΣΥΝΜΙΜΗΤΕ — fellow-imitator, joint-imitator, a fellow-imitator
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