Vocabulary Form
μέλλω
Definition

I am about to

Erasmian
Modern
Root
μελλε
Frequency
109
GK
3516
Forms
(ἔμελλον or ἤμελλον), μελλήσω, -, -, -, -
Mnemonics

I am so mellow right now, I am about to fall asleep.

Notes

The second ε is lost in the present and imperfect tenses but remains in the future.

Biblical Concordance

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).