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μέλλω

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Definition

μέλλω,

[in LXX: Job 3:8 (עָתִיד) 19:25 (אַחֲרוֹן); elsewhere for fut., and frequently in Wi, II, 4Mac ;]

to be about to be or do;

1. with inf. (Bl., §62, 4; 68, 2; M, Pr., 114);

(a) of intending or being about to do of one's own free will: with inf. praes., Matthew 2:13, Luke 10:1, Acts 3:3; 5:35, Hebrews 8:5, 2 Peter 1:12 (Field, Notes, 240), al.; with inf. aor. (Bl., §58, 3), Acts 12:6, Revelation 3:16;

(b) of compulsion, necessity or certainty: with inf. praes., Matthew 16:27, Luke 9:31, John 6:71, Romans 4:24, al.; with inf. aor., Romans 8:18, Galatians 3:23, Revelation 3:2; 12:4.

2. Ptcp., ὁ μέλλων: absol., Romans 8:38, 1 Corinthians 3:22; τὰ μ., Colossians 2:17; εἰς τὸ μ. (Field, Notes, 65); with subst., Matthew 3:7; 12:32 (ὁ αἰὼν ὁ μ.; LXX for עַד), Acts 24:25, 1 Timothy 4:8, Hebrews 2:5, al.

Hebrew words it translates

The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as μέλλω:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

109 total
  1. Acts 21:37Μέλλων · they were about
    As they were about to take Paul into the barracks, he asked the commander, “May I say something to you?” “Do you speak Greek?” he replied.
  2. Acts 22:16μέλλεις · are you waiting for
    And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized, and wash your sins away, calling on His name.’
  3. Acts 22:26μέλλεις · are you going
    On hearing this, the centurion went and reported it to the commander. “What are you going to do?” he said. “This man is a Roman citizen.”
  4. Acts 22:29μέλλοντες · were about
    At once those who were about to interrogate Paul stepped back, and the commander himself was alarmed when he realized that he had put a Roman citizen in chains.
  5. Acts 23:3μέλλει · will
    Then Paul said to him, “God will strike you, you whitewashed wall! You sit here to judge me according to the law, yet you yourself violate the law by commanding that I be struck.”
  6. Acts 23:15μέλλοντας
    Now then, you and the Sanhedrin petition the commander to bring him down to you on the pretext of examining his case more carefully. We are ready to kill him on the way.”
  7. Acts 23:20μέλλον
    He answered, “The Jews have agreed to ask you to bring Paul to the Sanhedrin tomorrow on the pretext of acquiring more information about him.
  8. Acts 23:27μέλλοντα · were about
    This man was seized by the Jews, and they were about to kill him when I came with my troops to rescue him. For I had learned that he is a Roman citizen,
  9. Acts 24:15μέλλειν · [that] there will
    …and I have the same hope in God that they themselves cherish, that there will be a resurrection of both the righteous and the wicked.
  10. Acts 24:25μέλλοντος · coming
    As Paul expounded on righteousness, self-control, and the coming judgment, Felix became frightened and said, “You may go for now. When I find the time, I will call for you.”
  11. Acts 25:4μέλλειν · am
    But Festus replied, “Paul is being held in Caesarea, and I myself am going there soon.
  12. Acts 26:2μέλλων · to stand
    “King Agrippa, I consider myself fortunate to stand before you today to defend myself against all the accusations of the Jews,
  13. Acts 26:22μελλόντων · would
    But I have had God’s help to this day, and I stand here to testify to small and great alike. I am saying nothing beyond what the prophets and Moses said would happen:
  14. Acts 26:23μέλλει · would
    …that the Christ would suffer, and as the first to rise from the dead, would proclaim light to our people and to the Gentiles.”
  15. Acts 27:2μέλλοντι · about
    We boarded an Adramyttian ship about to sail for ports along the coast of Asia, and we put out to sea. Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica, was with us.
  16. Acts 27:10μέλλειν · will
    “Men, I can see that our voyage will be filled with disaster and great loss, not only to ship and cargo, but to our own lives as well.”
  17. Acts 27:30μελλόντων
    Meanwhile, the sailors attempted to escape from the ship. Pretending to lower anchors from the bow, they let the lifeboat down into the sea.
  18. Acts 27:33ἤμελλεν
    Right up to daybreak, Paul kept urging them all to eat: “Today is your fourteenth day in constant suspense, without taking any food.
  19. Acts 28:6μέλλειν · to
    The islanders were expecting him to swell up or suddenly drop dead. But after waiting a long time and seeing nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their minds and said he was a god.
  20. Romans 4:24μέλλει
    …but also for us, to whom righteousness will be credited—for us who believe in Him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead.
  21. Romans 5:14μέλλοντος · [One] to come
    Nevertheless, death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those who did not sin in the way that Adam transgressed. He is a pattern of the One to come.
  22. Romans 8:13μέλλετε · you will
    For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
  23. Romans 8:18μέλλουσαν · that will be
    I consider that our present sufferings are not comparable to the glory that will be revealed in us.
  24. Romans 8:38μέλλοντα · the future
    For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor principalities, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers,
  25. 1 Corinthians 3:22μέλλοντα · the future
    …whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future. All of them belong to you,
  26. Galatians 3:23μέλλουσαν · should be
    Before this faith came, we were held in custody under the law, locked up until faith should be revealed.
  27. Ephesians 1:21μέλλοντι · to come
    …far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in the present age but also in the one to come.
  28. Colossians 2:17μελλόντων · to come
    These are a shadow of the things to come, but the body that casts it belongs to Christ.
  29. 1 Thessalonians 3:4μέλλομεν · we would
    Indeed, when we were with you, we kept warning you that we would suffer persecution; and as you know, it has come to pass.
  30. 1 Timothy 1:16μελλόντων · would
    But for this very reason I was shown mercy, so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display His perfect patience as an example to those who would believe in Him for eternal life.
  31. 1 Timothy 4:8μελλούσης · to come
    For physical exercise is of limited value, but godliness is valuable in every way, holding promise for the present life and for the one to come.
  32. 1 Timothy 6:19μέλλον · future
    …treasuring up for themselves a firm foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of that which is truly life.
  33. 2 Timothy 4:1μέλλοντος · will
    I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and in view of His appearing and His kingdom:
  34. Hebrews 1:14μέλλοντας · will
    Are not the angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?
  35. Hebrews 2:5μέλλουσαν · to come
    For it is not to angels that He has subjected the world to come, about which we are speaking.
  36. Hebrews 6:5μέλλοντος · [of the] coming
    …who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the coming age—
  37. Hebrews 8:5μέλλων · when he was about
    The place where they serve is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle: “See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.”
  38. Hebrews 10:1μελλόντων · to come
    For the law is only a shadow of the good things to come, not the realities themselves. It can never, by the same sacrifices offered year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship.
  39. Hebrews 10:27μέλλοντος · that will
    …but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume all adversaries.
  40. Hebrews 11:8ἤμελλεν · he would later
    By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, without knowing where he was going.
  41. Hebrews 11:20μελλόντων · the future
    By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning the future.
  42. Hebrews 13:14μέλλουσαν · [city] that is to come
    For here we do not have a permanent city, but we are looking for the city that is to come.
  43. James 2:12μέλλοντες · those who are going
    Speak and act as those who are going to be judged by the law that gives freedom.
  44. 1 Peter 5:1μελλούσης
    As a fellow elder, a witness of Christ’s sufferings, and a partaker of the glory to be revealed, I appeal to the elders among you:
  45. 2 Peter 1:12μελλήσω · I will
    Therefore I will always remind you of these things, even though you know them and are established in the truth you now have.
  46. 2 Peter 2:6μελλόντων · of what is coming on
    …if He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction, reducing them to ashes as an example of what is coming on the ungodly;
  47. Revelation 1:19μέλλει · will
    Therefore write down the things you have seen, the things that are, and the things that will happen after this.
  48. Revelation 2:10μέλλεις · you are about; μέλλει · is about
    Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison to test you, and you will suffer tribulation for ten days. Be faithful even unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.
  49. Revelation 3:2ἔμελλον · is about
    Wake up and strengthen what remains, which is about to die; for I have found your deeds incomplete in the sight of My God.