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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)
Gloss: 
to be about to, on the point of; to be destined, must; to intend to; (what is) to come, the future
Definition: 
to be about to, be on the point of, Mt. 2:13; Jn. 4:47; it serves to express in general a settled futurity, Mt. 11:14; Lk. 9:31; Jn. 11:51; to intend, Lk. 10:1; participle μέλλων, μέλλουσα, μέλλον, future as distinguished from past and present, Mt. 12:32; Lk. 13:9; to be always, as it were, about to do, to delay, linger, Acts 22:16

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).
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.

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