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Strong's #3402 - μιμητής
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- an imitator
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μῑμ-ητής, οῦ, ὁ,
I imitator, τινων ib. 1.6.3, cf. Hp. Vict. 1.22, 1 Corinthians 4:16; οἱ μ. τῶν γραμμάτων forgers, Lib. 115.4.
II
1. artist (cf. μίμησις 11), Pl. R. 602a, al.; esp. one who impersonates characters, as an actor or poet, Arist. Pr. 918b28, Po. 1460a8.
2. coupled with γόης, mere actor, impostor, Pl. R. 598d, cf. Plt. 303c, Sph. 235a.
μιμητής, μιμητου, ὁ, an imitator: γίνομαι τίνος (genitive of person), 1 Corinthians 4:16; 1 Corinthians 11:1; Ephesians 5:1; 1 Thessalonians 1:6; 1 Thessalonians 2:14; Hebrews 6:12; with the genitive of the thing, 1 Peter 3:13 Rec. (where L T Tr WH ζηλωταί). (Plato, Isocrates, others.)
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*μιμητής , -οῦ , ὁ
(<μιμέομαι ),
in NT always (like the verb) in good sense, an imitator: 1 Corinthians 4:16; 1 Corinthians 11:1, Ephesians 5:1, 1 Thessalonians 1:6; 1 Thessalonians 2:14, Hebrews 6:12.†
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