Mellō μέλλω

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Mellō
μέλλω
Transliterationmellō
Strong's numberG3195
LanguageGreek
Part of speechverb
Glossto ensue
Occurrences110 in 107 verses
Most frequent inActs (34)

Mellō (Greek μέλλω, Strong's G3195) is a Greek verb meaning “to ensue”. It occurs 110 times in 107 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

μέλλω,
[in LXX: Job.3:8 (עָתִיד) 19:25 (אַחֲרוֹן); elsewhere for fut., and frequently in Wi, II, 4Mac ;]
to be about to be or do;
1. with inf. (Bl., §62, 4; 68, 2; M, Pr., 114);
(a) of intending or being about to do of one's own free will: with inf. praes., Mat.2:13, Luk.10:1, Act.3:3 5:35, Heb.8:5, 2Pe.1:12 (Field, Notes, 240), al.; with inf. aor. (Bl., §58, 3), Act.12:6, Rev.3:16;
(b) of compulsion, necessity or certainty: with inf. praes., Mat.16:27, Luk.9:31, Jhn.6:71, Rom.4:24, al.; with inf. aor., Rom.8:18, Gal.3:23, Rev.3:2 12:4.
2. Ptcp., ὁ μέλλων: absol., Rom.8:38, 1Co.3:22; τὰ μ., Col.2:17; εἰς τὸ μ. (Field, Notes, 65); with subst., Mat.3:7 12:32 (ὁ αἰὼν ὁ μ.; LXX for עַד), Act.24:25, 1Ti.4:8, Heb.2:5, al.
(AS)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVshould (21), shall (18), come (16), would (7), will (4), was (4), about (4), ready (3), be (3), he (2), after (2), ye shall (1), and 18 other renderings
BSBwill (9), come (7), would (7), is about (6), coming (4), about (4), he was about (4), was about (4), future (4), you will (2), was going (2), are about (2), and 37 other renderings

Verses

Every verse with Mellō, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Matthew

Mark

Luke

John

Acts

Romans

1 Corinthians

Galatians

Ephesians

Colossians

1 Thessalonians

1 Timothy

2 Timothy

Hebrews

James

1 Peter

2 Peter

Revelation

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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