Gloss
to be about to, on the point of; to be destined, must; to intend to; (what is) to come, the future
Forms of the word
Dictionary
μέλλω
Greek transliteration
mellō
Simplified transliteration
mello
Principal Parts
(ἔμελλον ανδ ἤμελλον), μελλήσω, -, -, -, -
Numbers
Strong's number
3195
GK Number
3516
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament
109
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
v-1d(2c)
Definition
Greek-English Concordance for μέλλω
| Matthew 2:13 | After they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph, saying, “Rise, take the child and his mother, flee to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you; for Herod is going (mellei | μέλλει | pres act ind 3 sg) to search for the child to destroy him.” |
| Matthew 3:7 | But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming (mellousēs | μελλούσης | pres act ptcp gen sg fem) wrath? |
| Matthew 11:14 | and if you are willing to accept it, he is Elijah who is (mellōn | μέλλων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) to come. |
| Matthew 12:32 | And whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, neither in this age nor in the age to come (mellonti | μέλλοντι | pres act ptcp dat sg masc). |
| Matthew 16:27 | For the Son of Man is (mellei | μέλλει | pres act ind 3 sg) to come in the glory of his Father with his angels, and then he will repay each person according to his conduct. |
| Matthew 17:12 | And I tell you that Elijah has come already, and they did not recognize him, but did to him whatever they wished. So also the Son of Man will (mellei | μέλλει | pres act ind 3 sg) suffer at their hands.” |
| Matthew 17:22 | While they were still together in Galilee, Jesus said to them, “The Son of Man is (mellei | μέλλει | pres act ind 3 sg) about (mellei | μέλλει | pres act ind 3 sg) to be delivered into the hands of men, |
| Matthew 20:22 | Jesus answered, saying, “You do not realize what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about (mellō | μέλλω | pres act ind 1 sg) to drink?” They said to him, “We are able.” |
| Matthew 24:6 | And you will (mellēsete | μελλήσετε | fut act ind 2 pl) hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not alarmed, for this must take place but the end is not yet. |
| Mark 10:32 | Now they were on the road, going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was going on ahead of them. They were filled with awe, but those who followed behind were afraid. And taking the twelve aside again, he began to tell them the things (mellonta | μέλλοντα | pres act ptcp acc pl neut) that were going to happen to him: |
| Mark 13:4 | “Tell us, when will these things be, and what will be the sign when all these things are about (mellē | μέλλῃ | pres act subj 3 sg) to take place?” |
| Luke 3:7 | So he said to the crowds that were coming out to be baptized by him, “You offspring of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming (mellousēs | μελλούσης | pres act ptcp gen sg fem) wrath? |
| Luke 7:2 | The servant of a certain centurion who was highly valued by him was sick and about (ēmellen | ἤμελλεν | imperf act ind 3 sg) to die. |
| Luke 9:31 | who had appeared with glorious splendor and were speaking of his departure, which he was soon (ēmellen | ἤμελλεν | imperf act ind 3 sg) to accomplish at Jerusalem. |
| Luke 9:44 | “Let these words sink into your ears: the Son of Man is about (mellei | μέλλει | pres act ind 3 sg) to be betrayed into the hands of men.” |
| Luke 10:1 | After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them on ahead of him, two by two, into every town and place where he himself was about (ēmellen | ἤμελλεν | imperf act ind 3 sg) to go. |
| Luke 13:9 | Perhaps it will bear fruit next year; but if not, you may remove it.’” |
| Luke 19:4 | So he ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore-fig tree to see him, for he was about (ēmellen | ἤμελλεν | imperf act ind 3 sg) to pass that way. |
| Luke 19:11 | As they were listening to this, he went on to tell a parable, because he was near Jerusalem, and they supposed that the kingdom of God was (mellei | μέλλει | pres act ind 3 sg) going (mellei | μέλλει | pres act ind 3 sg) to appear at once. |
| Luke 21:7 | And they asked him, saying, “Teacher, when will these things be, and what is the sign when these things are about (mellē | μέλλῃ | pres act subj 3 sg) to happen?” |
| Luke 21:36 | Be alert at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that will (mellonta | μέλλοντα | pres act ptcp acc pl neut) take place, and to stand before the Son of Man.” |
| Luke 22:23 | And they began to question one another, which of them it might be who would (mellōn | μέλλων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) do this. |
| Luke 24:21 | But we had hoped that he was the one who was going (mellōn | μέλλων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) to redeem Israel. Indeed, besides all this, but it is now the third day since these things happened. |
| John 4:47 | When this man heard that Jesus had arrived in Galilee from Judea, he went to him and begged him to come down and heal his son; for he was (ēmellen | ἤμελλεν | imperf act ind 3 sg) at the point of death. |
| John 6:6 | He said this to test him, because he himself knew what he was about (emellen | ἔμελλεν | imperf act ind 3 sg) to do. |
