Lexicon mimétés: an imitator Original Word: μιμητής, οῦ, ὁPart of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: mimétés Phonetic Spelling: (mim-ay-tace') Short Definition: an imitator Definition: an imitator, follower. HELPS word-Studies 3402 mimētḗs (the root of the English term, mimic, "one who imitates, emulates") – properly, the positive imitation that arises by admiring the pattern set by someone worthy of emulation, i.e. a mentor setting a proper example. 3402 /mimētḗs ("emulator, imitator") is always used positively in the NT (seven times) – of followers of Christ emulating a God-approved example. The supreme model is God Himself (see Eph 5:1). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom mimeomaiDefinitionan imitator NASB Translationimitators (6).
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