μῑμ-ητής, οῦ, ὁ,

I imitator, τινων ib. 1.6.3, cf. Hp. Vict. 1.22, 1Co 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 mimētēs 6x

    an imitator, follower, 1Co 4:16; 1Co 11:1; Eph 5:1; 1Th 1:6; 1Th 2:14; Heb 6:12* imitate, imitator.

G3402 — μιμητής

μιμητου, ὁ, an imitator: γίνομαι τίνος (genitive of person), 1Co 4:16; 1Co 11:1; Eph 5:1; 1Th 1:6; 1Th 2:14; Heb 6:12; with the genitive of the thing, 1Pe 3:13 Rec. (where L T Tr WH ζηλωταί). (Plato, Isocrates, others.)

* μιμητής , - οῦ , ὁ

( < μιμέομαι ),

in NT always (like the verb) in good sense, an imitator: 1Co 4:16; 1Co 11:1, Eph 5:1 , 1Th 1:6; 1Th 2:14, Heb 6:12. †