μέλλω mellō · G3195
to ensue
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), …
Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)
Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt
μέλλω, ; imperfect ἔμελλον and ἤμελλον (see. below), Epic dialect μέλλον []; Epic dialect, Ionic dialect μέλλεσκον []: future μελλήσω []: aorist ἐμέλλησα []:—passive and middle, see below see.—Only present and imperfect in [], Lyric poetry, and Trag.: aorist only in Prose (except []imperfect ἤμελλον with long augment is established by the metre in []: aorist 1 ἠμέλλησα []; ἤμελλον is not found in earlier Attic dialect Inscrr., but occurs in Papyrus, as []; I to be destined or likely to, …
Where it's used 110 times
Matthew 2:13 · Matthew 3:7 · Matthew 11:14 · Matthew 12:32 · Matthew 16:27 · Matthew 17:12 · Matthew 17:22 · Matthew 20:22 · Matthew 24:6 · Mark 10:32 · Mark 13:4 · Luke 3:7 · Luke 7:2 · Luke 9:31 · Luke 9:44 · Luke 10:1 · Luke 13:9 · Luke 19:4 · Luke 19:11 · Luke 21:7 · Luke 21:36 · Luke 22:23 · Luke 24:21 · John 4:47 · John 6:6 · John 6:15 · John 6:71 · John 7:35 · John 7:39 · John 11:51 · John 12:4 · John 12:33 · John 14:22 · John 18:32 · Acts 3:3 · Acts 5:35 · Acts 11:28 · Acts 12:6 · Acts 13:34 · Acts 16:27 · Acts 17:31 · Acts 18:14 · Acts 19:27 · Acts 20:3 · Acts 20:7 · Acts 20:13 · Acts 20:38 · Acts 21:27 · Acts 21:37 · Acts 22:16 · Acts 22:26 · Acts 22:29 · Acts 23:3 · Acts 23:15 · Acts 23:20 · Acts 23:27 · Acts 23:30 · Acts 24:15 · Acts 24:25 · Acts 25:4 … and 50 more
Source: TBESG G3195; TFLSJ G3195
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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