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Koine Greek wordlink #117304

SR GNT 1 Cor 11:1 Μιμηταί (Mimaʸtai) ‘imitators of me be becoming as’ Strongs=34020 Lemma=mimētēs
Word role=noun case=nominative gender=masculine number=plural
Year=59 AD

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Only use of identical word form Μιμηταί (N-NMP) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘Μιμηταί’ (N-NMP) is always and only glossed as ‘imitators’.

Greek words (5) other than Μιμηταί (N-NMP) with a gloss related to ‘imitators’

1 COR 4:16 μιμηταί (mimaʸtai) N-NMP ‘I am exhorting therefore you_all imitators of me be becoming’ SR GNT 1 Cor 4:16 word 4

OET-LV: 16 Therefore I _am _exhorting you _all, imitators of _me be _becoming. (CO1_4:16)

OET-RV: 16 That’s why I urge you all to imitate me, (CO1 4:16)

EPH 5:1 μιμηταί (mimaʸtai) N-NMP ‘be becoming therefore imitators of god as children’ SR GNT Eph 5:1 word 3

OET-LV: 5 Therefore be _becoming imitators of_ the _god as beloved children, (EPH_5:1)

OET-RV: 5 So imitate God like valued children would imitate their father (EPH 5:1)

1 TH 1:6 μιμηταί (mimaʸtai) N-NMP ‘and you_all imitators of us were become and’ SR GNT 1 Th 1:6 word 3

OET-LV: 6 And you _all imitators of _us were _become and of _the master, having _received the message in tribulation much with the_joy of_the_spirit holy, (TH1_1:6)

OET-RV: 6 and then you all imitated both us and the master after receiving the message in tribulation with a lot of excitement about the holy spirit— (TH1 1:6)

1 TH 2:14 μιμηταί (mimaʸtai) N-NMP ‘you_all for imitators were become brothers of the’ SR GNT 1 Th 2:14 word 3

OET-LV: 14 For/Because you _all imitators were _become, brothers, of _the assemblies of_ the _god, which being in the Youdaia in chosen _one /messiah Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa), because the same things you _all _suffered, also you _all by your own fellow-countrymen, as also they did by the Youdaiōns, (TH1_2:14)

OET-RV: 14 Brothers and sisters, you became imitators of the other assemblies of God in Yudea which are founded on Messiah Yeshua. You all suffered the same things from your own countrymen that the strict Jews did to them. (TH1 2:14)

HEB 6:12 μιμηταί (mimaʸtai) N-NMP ‘not sluggish you_all may become imitators but of the ones through’ SR GNT Heb 6:12 word 5

OET-LV: 12 in _order _that not sluggish you _all _may _become, but imitators of _the ones through faith and patience, inheriting the promises. (HEB_6:12)

OET-RV: 12 so that you all won’t become sluggish, but become imitators of those who through their faith and patience will be inheriting what God has promised. (HEB 6:12)

Key: N=noun NMP=nominative,masculine,plural