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
| Acts 22:26 | When the centurion heard this, he went and reported to the commanding officer, saying, “What are you about (melleis | μέλλεις | pres act ind 2 sg) to do? For this man is a Roman citizen.” |
| Acts 22:29 | Immediately those who were about (mellontes | μέλλοντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc) to examine him drew back from him; and the commanding officer was afraid, realizing that Paul was a Roman citizen and that he had bound him. |
| Acts 23:3 | Then Paul said to him, “God is (mellei | μέλλει | pres act ind 3 sg) about (mellei | μέλλει | pres act ind 3 sg) to strike you, you whitewashed wall! Do you indeed sit judging me according to the law yet contrary to the law order me to be struck?” |
| Acts 23:15 | So now you and the council give notice to the commanding officer to bring him down to you, as though you were (mellontas | μέλλοντας | pres act ptcp acc pl masc) going to examine his case more accurately; and we will be ready to kill him before he gets there.” |
| Acts 23:20 | And he said, “The Jews have agreed to ask you to bring Paul down tomorrow to the council, as though the case against him was going (mellon | μέλλον | pres act ptcp acc sg neut) to be examined more closely. |
| Acts 23:27 | This man was seized by the Jews and was about (mellonta | μέλλοντα | pres act ptcp acc sg masc) to be killed by them, when I came upon him and, with the soldiers, rescued him, having learned that he was a Roman citizen. |
| Acts 24:15 | having a hope in God, which these men themselves accept, that there (mellein | μέλλειν | pres act inf ) is (mellein | μέλλειν | pres act inf ) to be a resurrection both of the just and of the unjust. |
| Acts 24:25 | And as he reasoned with him about righteousness and self-control and the judgment to come (mellontos | μέλλοντος | pres act ptcp gen sg neut), Felix became frightened and said, “For the present go away, but when I find time I will send for you.” |
| Acts 25:4 | So then Festus replied that Paul was being kept at Caesarea but that he himself intended (mellein | μέλλειν | pres act inf ) to go there shortly. |
| Acts 26:2 | “Regarding all the things of which I am being accused by the Jews, King Agrippa, I consider myself fortunate that it is before you that I am about (mellōn | μέλλων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) to make my defense today, |
| Acts 26:22 | Obtaining help, therefore, from God, until this day I have stood testifying both to small and great, saying nothing beyond what the prophets and Moses said would (mellontōn | μελλόντων | pres act ptcp gen pl neut) come to pass: |
| Acts 26:23 | that the Christ was to suffer and, as the first to rise from the dead, he (mellei | μέλλει | pres act ind 3 sg) would (mellei | μέλλει | pres act ind 3 sg) proclaim light both to our people and to the Gentiles.” |
| Acts 27:2 | And embarking on a ship from Adramyttium, which was about (mellonti | μέλλοντι | pres act ptcp dat sg neut) to sail to ports along the coast of Asia, we put to sea. Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica was with us. |
| Acts 27:10 | saying, “Gentlemen, I perceive that the voyage that is (mellein | μέλλειν | pres act inf ) about (mellein | μέλλειν | pres act inf ) to take place will involve injury and much loss, not only of the cargo and the ship, but also of our lives.” |
| Acts 27:30 | But when the sailors tried to escape from the ship and had lowered the dinghy into the sea pretending they (mellontōn | μελλόντων | pres act ptcp gen pl masc) intended (mellontōn | μελλόντων | pres act ptcp gen pl masc) to let down anchors from the bow, |
| Acts 27:33 | As day was about (ēmellen | ἤμελλεν | imperf act ind 3 sg) to dawn, Paul urged them all to take some food, saying, “Today is the fourteenth day that you have continued in suspense and been without food, having taken nothing. |
| Acts 28:6 | They were expecting that he was going (mellein | μέλλειν | pres act inf ) to swell up or suddenly fall down dead; but when they waited a long time and saw no misfortune happen to him, they changed their minds and said that he was a god. |
| Romans 4:24 | but for our sake as well, to whom it will (mellei | μέλλει | pres act ind 3 sg) be credited, those who believe in the one who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead, |
| Romans 5:14 | Nevertheless death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those whose sinning was not like the transgression of Adam, who was a type of the coming (mellontos | μέλλοντος | pres act ptcp gen sg masc) one. |
| Romans 8:13 | for if you live according to the flesh, you will certainly (mellete | μέλλετε | pres act ind 2 pl) die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. |
| Romans 8:18 | For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that will (mellousan | μέλλουσαν | pres act ptcp acc sg fem) be revealed to us. |
| Romans 8:38 | For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come (mellonta | μέλλοντα | pres act ptcp nom pl neut), nor powers, |
| 1 Corinthians 3:22 | whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future (mellonta | μέλλοντα | pres act ptcp nom pl neut) — all are yours, |
| Galatians 3:23 | Now before faith came, we were held in custody under the law, imprisoned until the coming (mellousan | μέλλουσαν | pres act ptcp acc sg fem) faith would be revealed. |
| Ephesians 1:21 | infinitely superior to every ruler, authority, power, or dominion — every name that can be named — not only in this age but also in the age to come (mellonti | μέλλοντι | pres act ptcp dat sg masc). |
