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
| Colossians 2:17 | These are but a shadow of what was to come (mellontōn | μελλόντων | pres act ptcp gen pl neut), but the reality is found in Christ. |
| 1 Thessalonians 3:4 | In fact, when we were with you, we told you in advance that we would (mellomen | μέλλομεν | pres act ind 1 pl) suffer persecution; even as it has turned out, as you know. |
| 1 Timothy 1:16 | But for this reason I was shown mercy: so that in me as foremost Christ Jesus might display his complete patience as an illustration for those who were (mellontōn | μελλόντων | pres act ptcp gen pl masc) to believe in him for eternal life. |
| 1 Timothy 4:8 | for bodily exercise is of value for a little while, but godliness is of value for all things because it holds a promise for the present life and for the coming (mellousēs | μελλούσης | pres act ptcp gen sg fem) life. |
| 1 Timothy 6:19 | laying up for themselves a good foundation for the coming (mellon | μέλλον | pres act ptcp acc sg neut) age, so that they might seize hold of what is truly life. |
| 2 Timothy 4:1 | I solemnly charge you in the presence of God and Christ Jesus, who is about (mellontos | μέλλοντος | pres act ptcp gen sg masc) to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and by his kingdom: |
| Hebrews 1:14 | Are they not all ministering spirits sent out to serve for the sake of those who are (mellontas | μέλλοντας | pres act ptcp acc pl masc) to inherit salvation? |
| Hebrews 2:5 | Now it was not to angels that God subjected the world to come (mellousan | μέλλουσαν | pres act ptcp acc sg fem), about which we are speaking. |
| Hebrews 6:5 | and have tasted the goodness of God’s word and the powers of the coming (mellontos | μέλλοντος | pres act ptcp gen sg masc) age |
| Hebrews 8:5 | The place where they serve is a shadowy suggestion of the heavenly sanctuary, just as Moses was warned by God when he was about (mellōn | μέλλων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) to erect the tabernacle; for he said, “See that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.” |
| Hebrews 10:1 | For since the law is but a shadow of the good things to come (mellontōn | μελλόντων | pres act ptcp gen pl neut) and not the actual form of those realities, it can never perfect those who draw near by the same sacrifices which they offer continuously year after year. |
| Hebrews 10:27 | but only a terrifying expectation of judgment and of raging fire ready (mellontos | μέλλοντος | pres act ptcp gen sg neut) to consume the adversaries. |
| Hebrews 11:8 | By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place which he would (ēmellen | ἤμελλεν | imperf act ind 3 sg) receive as an inheritance. He set out even though he did not know where he was going. |
| Hebrews 11:20 | By faith Isaac invoked blessings on Jacob and Esau, even regarding things to come (mellontōn | μελλόντων | pres act ptcp gen pl neut). |
| Hebrews 13:14 | For here we have no permanent city, but we are looking forward to the city that is to come (mellousan | μέλλουσαν | pres act ptcp acc sg fem). |
| James 2:12 | So speak and so act as those (mellontes | μέλλοντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc) who (mellontes | μέλλοντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc) are (mellontes | μέλλοντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc) to be judged by the law that brings freedom. |
| 1 Peter 5:1 | Therefore I, a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and a partaker of the glory that is about (mellousēs | μελλούσης | pres act ptcp gen sg fem) to be revealed, exhort the elders among you: |
| 2 Peter 1:12 | Therefore I intend (mellēsō | μελλήσω | fut act ind 1 sg) to keep on reminding you of these things, even though you know them and are established in the truth that you now have. |
| 2 Peter 2:6 | if by reducing the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to ashes he condemned them to extinction, making them an example of what is going to happen (mellontōn | μελλόντων | pres act ptcp gen pl neut) to the ungodly, |
| Revelation 1:19 | Write therefore the things that you have seen, those that are, and those that are (mellei | μέλλει | pres act ind 3 sg) to take place after this. |
| Revelation 2:10 | Do not fear what you are about (melleis | μέλλεις | pres act ind 2 sg) to suffer. The devil is about (mellei | μέλλει | pres act ind 3 sg) to throw some of you into prison so that you may be tested, and you will have affliction for ten days. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life. |
| Revelation 3:2 | Wake up and strengthen the things that remain, which are about (emellon | ἔμελλον | imperf act ind 3 pl) to die; for I have not found your works fully completed in the sight of my God. |
| Revelation 3:10 | Because you have kept my word about patient endurance, I also will keep you from the hour of testing that is (mellousēs | μελλούσης | pres act ptcp gen sg fem) coming upon the whole world to test those who live on the earth. |
| Revelation 3:16 | So because you are lukewarm, neither hot nor cold, I am about (mellō | μέλλω | pres act ind 1 sg) to vomit you out of my mouth! |
| Revelation 6:11 | Then a white robe was given to each of them and they were told to rest a little while, until the number was reached of their fellow servants and their brothers who were (mellontes | μέλλοντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc) to be killed just as they had been. |
