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μέλλω

mellōto ensueHow to read Greek
greekNew TestamentVerb109 occurrences18 books106 verses

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

Old TestamentNew Testament

Occurrences

109 total
  1. Revelation 3:10μελλούσης · is about
    Because you have kept My command to persevere, I will also keep you from the hour of testing that is about to come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.
  2. Revelation 3:16μέλλω · I am about
    So because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to vomit you out of My mouth!
  3. Revelation 6:11μέλλοντες · were
    Then each of them was given a white robe and told to rest a little while longer until the full number of their fellow servants, their brothers, were killed, just as they had been killed.
  4. Revelation 8:13μελλόντων · about
    And as I observed, I heard an eagle flying overhead, calling in a loud voice, “Woe! Woe! Woe to those who dwell on the earth, because of the trumpet blasts about to be sounded by the remaining three angels!”
  5. Revelation 10:4ἤμελλον · I was about
    When the seven thunders had spoken, I was about to put it in writing. But I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Seal up what the seven thunders have said, and do not write it down.”
  6. Revelation 10:7μέλλῃ · he begins
    But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he begins to sound his trumpet, the mystery of God will be fulfilled, just as He proclaimed to His servants the prophets.”
  7. Revelation 12:4μελλούσης · who was about
    His tail swept a third of the stars from the sky, hurling them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, ready to devour her child as soon as she gave birth.
  8. Revelation 12:5μέλλει · will
    And she gave birth to a son, a male child, who will rule all the nations with an iron scepter. And her child was caught up to God and to His throne.
  9. Revelation 17:8μέλλει · is about
    The beast that you saw—it was, and now is no more, but is about to come up out of the Abyss and go to its destruction. And those who dwell on the earth whose names were not written in the Book of Life from the foundation of the world will marvel when they see the beast that was, and is not, and yet will be.