Strong's Lexicon
G3195 — μέλλω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G3195 |
|---|---|
| Word: | μέλλω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | a strengthened form of G3199 (through the idea of expectation) |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 109 |
| Transliteration: | mello |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | mel'-lo |
| Meaning: | 1. to intend, i.e. be about to be, do, or suffer something (of persons or things, especially events, in the sense of purpose, duty, necessity, probability, possibility, or hesitation) |
| KJV Renderings: | about, after that, be (almost), (that which is, things, + which was for) to come, intend, was to (be), mean, mind, be at the point, (be) ready, + return, shall (begin), (which, that) should (after, afterwards, hereafter) tarry, which was for, will, would, be yet |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
μέλλω; future μελλήσω (Mat 24:6; and L T Tr WH in 2Pe 1:12); imperfect ἔμελλον (so all editions in Luk 9:31 (except T WH); Joh 6:6; Joh 6:71 (except R G); (except T); (except L Tr); Act 21:27; Rev 3:2 (where R present); (except L Tr)) and ἤμελλον (so all editions in Luk 7:2; Luk 10:1 (except R G); ; Joh 4:47; Joh 12:33; Joh 18:32; Act 12:6 (exe. R G L); (except R G); (except R G T); Heb 11:8 (except L); cf. references under the word βούλομαι, at the beginning and Rutherford’s note on Babrius 7, 15), to be about to do anything; so:
1. the participle, ὁ μέλλων, absolutely: τά μέλλοντα and τά ἐνεστῶτα are contrasted, Rom 8:38; 1Co 3:22; εἰς τό μέλλον, for the future, hereafter, Luk 13:9 (but see εἰς, A. II. 2 (where Grimm supplies ἔτος)); 1Ti 6:19; τά μέλλοντα, things future, things to come, i. e., according to the context, the more perfect state of things which will exist in the αἰών μέλλων, Col 2:17; with nouns, ὁ αἰών ὁ μέλλων, Mat 12:32; Eph 1:21; ζωῆς τῆς νῦν καί τῆς μελλούσης, 1Ti 4:8; τήν οἰκουμένην τήν μέλλουσαν, Heb 2:5; τῆς μελλούσης ὀργῆς Mat 3:7; τό κρίμα τό μέλλον, Act 24:25; πόλις, Heb 13:14; τά μέλλοντα ἀγαθά, Heb 9:11 (but L Tr marginal reading WH text γενομένων); ; τοῦ μέλλοντος namely, Ἀδάμ, i. e. the Messiah, Rom 5:14.
2. joined to an infinitive (cf. Winers Grammar, 333f (313); Buttmann, § 140, 2), a. to be on the point of doing or suffering something: with an infinitive present, ἤμελλεν ἑαυτόν ἀναιρεῖν, Act 16:27; τελευτᾶν, Luk 7:2; ἀποθνῄσκειν, Joh 4:47; add, Luk 21:7; Act 3:3; Act 18:14; Act 20:3; Act 22:26; Act 23:27; with an infinitive passive, Act 21:27; Act 27:33, etc.
b. to intend, have in mind, think to: with an infinitive present, Mat 2:13; Luk 10:1; Luk 19:4; Joh 6:6; Joh 6:15; Joh 7:35; Joh 12:4; Joh 14:22 Act 5:35; Act 17:31; Act 20:7; Act 20:13; Act 22:26; Act 26:2; Act 27:30; Heb 8:5; (2Pe 1:10 L T Tr WH); Rev 10:4; with an infinitive aorist (a construction censured by Phryn., p. 336, but authenticated more recently by many examples from the best writings from Homer down; cf. Winers Grammar, 333f (313f); Lob. ad Phryn., p. 745ff; (but see Rutherford, New Phryn., p. 420ff)): Act 12:6 L T WH; Rev 2:10 (βαλεῖν R G); ; with future infinitive ἔσεσθαι, Act 23:30 R G.
c. as in Greek writings from Homer down, of those things which will come to pass (or which one will do or suffer) by fixed necessity or divine appointment (German sollen (are to be, destined to be, etc.)); with present infinitive active: Mat 16:27; Mat 17:12; Mat 20:22; Luk 9:31; Joh 6:71; Joh 7:39; Joh 11:51; Joh 12:33; Joh 18:32; Act 20:38; Act 26:22-23; Heb 1:14; Heb 11:8; Rev 2:10 a; Rev 3:10; Rev 8:13, etc.; ἡλιάς ὁ μέλλων ἔρχεσθαι, Mat 11:14; ὁ μέλλων λυτροῦσθαι, Luk 24:12; κρίνειν, 2Ti 4:1 (WH marginal reading κρῖναι); with present infinitive passive: Mat 17:22; Mar 13:4; Luk 9:44; Luk 19:11; Luk 21:36; Act 26:22; Rom 4:24; 1Th 3:4; Jas 2:12; Rev 1:19 (Tdf. γενέσθαι); Rev 6:11; τῆς μελλούσης ἀποκαλύπτεσθαι δόξης, 1Pe 5:1; with aorist infinitive: τήν μέλλουσαν δόξαν ἀποκαλυφθῆναι, Rom 8:18; τήν μέλλουσαν πίστιν ἀποκαλυφθῆναι, Gal 3:23; used also of those things which we infer from certain preceding events will of necessity follow: with an infinitive present, Act 28:6; Rom 8:13; with an infinitive future, Act 27:10.
d. in general, of what is sure to happen: with an infinitive present, Mat 24:6; Joh 6:71; 1Ti 1:16; Rev 12:5; Rev 17:8; with an infinitive future ἔσεσθαι, Act 11:28; Act 24:15.
e. to be always on the point of doing without ever doing, i. e. to delay: τί μέλλεις; Act 22:16 (Aeschylus Prom. 36; τί μέλλετε; Euripides, Hec. 1094; Lucian, dial. mort. 10, 13, and often in secular authors; 4Ma 6:23; 4Ma 9:1).
Englishman's Greek Concordance
μέλλω (about)
Matthew 2:13
- KJV: And when they were departed behold the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream saying Arise and take the young child and his mother and flee into Egypt and be thou there until I bring thee word for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him
- GK: αναχωρησάντων δε αυτών ιδού άγγελος κυρίου φαίνεται κατ΄ όναρ τω Ιωσήφ λέγων εγερθείς παράλαβε το παιδίον και την μητέρα αυτού και φεύγε εις Αίγυπτον και ίσθι εκεί έως αν είπω σοι μέλλει γαρ Ηρώδης ζητείν το παιδίον του απολέσαι αυτό
Matthew 3:7
- KJV: But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism he said unto them O generation of vipers who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come
- GK: ιδών δε πολλούς των Φαρισαίων και Σαδδουκαίων ερχομένους επί το βάπτισμα αυτού είπεν αυτοίς γεννήματα εχιδνών τις υπέδειξεν υμίν φυγείν από της μελλούσης οργής
Matthew 11:14
- KJV: And if ye will receive this is Elias which was for to come
- GK: και ει θέλετε δέξασθαι αυτός εστιν Ηλίας ο μέλλων έρχεσθαι
Matthew 12:32
- KJV: And who soever speaketh a word against the Son of man it shall be forgiven him but who soever speaketh against the Holy Ghost it shall not be forgiven him neither in this world neither in the to come
- GK: και ος εάν είπη λόγον κατά του υιού του ανθρώπου αφεθήσεται αυτώ ος δ΄ αν είπη κατά του πνεύματος του αγίου ουκ αφεθήσεται αυτώ ούτε εν τω νυν αιώνι ούτε εν τω μέλλοντι
Matthew 16:27
- KJV: For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels and then he shall reward every man according to his works
- GK: μέλλει γαρ ο υιός του ανθρώπου έρχεσθαι εν τη δόξη του πατρός αυτού μετά των αγγέλων αυτού και τότε αποδώσει εκάστω κατά την πράξιν αυτού
Matthew 17:12
- KJV: But I say unto you That Elias is come already and they knew him not but have done unto him whatsoever they listed Likewise shall also the Son of man suffer of them
- GK: λέγω δε υμίν ότι Ηλίας ήδη ήλθε και ουκ επέγνωσαν αυτόν αλλ΄ εποίησαν εν αυτώ οσα ηθέλησαν ούτω και ο υιός του ανθρώπου μέλλει πάσχειν υπ΄ αυτών
Matthew 17:22
- KJV: And while they abode in Galilee Jesus said unto them The Son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of men
- GK: αναστρεφομένων δε αυτών εν τη Γαλιλαία είπεν αυτοίς ο Ιησούς μέλλει ο υιός του ανθρώπου παραδίδοσθαι εις χείρας ανθρώπων
Matthew 20:22
- KJV: But Jesus answered and said Ye know not what ye ask Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with They say unto him We are able
- GK: αποκρίθεις δε ο Ιησούς είπεν ουκ οίδατε τι αιτείσθε δύνασθε πιείν το ποτήριον ο εγώ μέλλω πίνειν και το βάπτισμα ο εγώ βαπτίζομαι βαπτισθήναι λέγουσιν αυτώ δυνάμεθα
Matthew 24:6
- KJV: And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars see that ye be not troubled for all must come to pass but the end is not yet
- GK: μελλήσετε δε ακούειν πολέμους και ακοάς πολέμων οράτε μη θροείσθε δει γαρ πάντα γενέσθαι αλλ΄ ούπω εστί το τέλος
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