μέλλω
mellō
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.
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Concordance 106 verses
- Matthew 2:13 μέλλει
When the Magi had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up!” he said. “Take the Child and His mother and flee to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the Child to kill Him.”
- Matthew 3:7 μελλούσης
But when John saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his place of baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?
- Matthew 11:14 μέλλων
And if you are willing to accept it, he is the Elijah who was to come.
- Matthew 12:32 μέλλοντι
Whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the one to come.
- Matthew 16:27 μέλλει
For the Son of Man will come in His Father’s glory with His angels, and then He will repay each one according to what he has done.
- Matthew 17:12 μέλλει
But I tell you that Elijah has already come, and they did not recognize him, but have done to him whatever they wished. In the same way, the Son of Man will suffer at their hands.”
- Matthew 17:22 Μέλλει
When they gathered together in Galilee, Jesus told them, “The Son of Man is about to be delivered into the hands of men.
- Matthew 20:22 μέλλω
“You do not know what you are asking,” Jesus replied. “Can you drink the cup I am going to drink?” “We can,” the brothers answered.
- Matthew 24:6 μελλήσετε
You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. These things must happen, but the end is still to come.
- Mark 10:32 μέλλοντα
As they were going up the road to Jerusalem, Jesus was walking ahead of them. The disciples were amazed, but those who followed were afraid. Again Jesus took the Twelve aside and began to tell them what was going to happen to Him:
- Mark 13:4 μέλλῃ
“Tell us, when will these things happen? And what will be the sign that they are about to be fulfilled?”
- Luke 3:7 μελλούσης
Then John said to the crowds coming out to be baptized by him, “You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?
- Luke 7:2 ἤμελλεν
There a highly valued servant of a centurion was sick and about to die.
- Luke 9:31 ἤμελλεν
They appeared in glory and spoke about His departure, which He was about to accomplish at Jerusalem.
- Luke 9:44 μέλλει
“Let these words sink into your ears: The Son of Man is about to be delivered into the hands of men.”
- Luke 10:1 ἤμελλεν
After this, the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them two by two ahead of Him to every town and place He was about to visit.
- Luke 13:9 μέλλον
If it bears fruit next year, fine. But if not, you can cut it down.’”
- Luke 19:4 ἤμελλεν
So he ran on ahead and climbed a sycamore tree to see Him, since Jesus was about to pass that way.
- Luke 19:11 μέλλει
While the people were listening to this, Jesus proceeded to tell them a parable, because He was near Jerusalem and they thought the kingdom of God would appear imminently.
- Luke 21:7 μέλλῃ
“Teacher,” they asked, “when will these things happen? And what will be the sign that they are about to take place?”
- Luke 21:36 μέλλοντα
So keep watch at all times, and pray that you may have the strength to escape all that is about to happen and to stand before the Son of Man.”
- Luke 22:23 μέλλων
Then they began to question among themselves which of them was going to do this.
- Luke 24:21 μέλλων
But we were hoping He was the One who would redeem Israel. And besides all this, it is the third day since these things took place.
- John 4:47 ἤμελλεν
When he heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, he went and begged Him to come down and heal his son, who was about to die.
- John 6:6 ἔμελλεν
But He was asking this to test him, for He knew what He was about to do.
- John 6:15 μέλλουσιν
Then Jesus, realizing that they were about to come and make Him king by force, withdrew again to a mountain by Himself.
- John 6:71 ἔμελλεν
He was speaking about Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot. For although Judas was one of the Twelve, he was later to betray Jesus.
- John 7:35 μέλλειμέλλει
At this, the Jews said to one another, “Where does He intend to go that we will not find Him? Will He go where the Jews are dispersed among the Greeks, and teach the Greeks?
- John 7:39 ἔμελλον
He was speaking about the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were later to receive. For the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.
- John 11:51 ἔμελλεν
Caiaphas did not say this on his own. Instead, as high priest that year, he was prophesying that Jesus would die for the nation,
- John 12:4 μέλλων
But one of His disciples, Judas Iscariot, who was going to betray Him, asked,
- John 12:33 ἤμελλεν
He said this to indicate the kind of death He was going to die.
- John 14:22 μέλλεις
Judas (not Iscariot) asked Him, “Lord, why are You going to reveal Yourself to us and not to the world?”
- John 18:32 ἤμελλεν
This was to fulfill the word that Jesus had spoken to indicate the kind of death He was going to die.
- Acts 3:3 μέλλοντας
When he saw Peter and John about to enter, he asked them for money.
- Acts 5:35 μέλλετε
“Men of Israel,” he said, “consider carefully what you are about to do to these men.
- Acts 11:28 μέλλειν
One of them named Agabus stood up and predicted through the Spirit that a great famine would sweep across the whole world. (This happened under Claudius.)
- Acts 12:6 ἤμελλεν
On the night before Herod was to bring him to trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, with sentries standing guard at the entrance to the prison.
- Acts 13:34 μέλλοντα
In fact, God raised Him from the dead, never to see decay. As He has said: ‘I will give you the holy and sure blessings promised to David.’
- Acts 16:27 ἤμελλεν
When the jailer woke up and saw the prison doors open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, presuming that the prisoners had escaped.
- Acts 17:31 μέλλει
For He has set a day when He will judge the world with justice by the Man He has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising Him from the dead.”
- Acts 18:14 Μέλλοντος
But just as Paul was about to speak, Gallio told the Jews, “If this matter involved a wrongdoing or vicious crime, O Jews, it would be reasonable for me to hear your complaint.
- Acts 19:27 μέλλειν
There is danger not only that our business will fall into disrepute, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis will be discredited and her majesty deposed—she who is worshiped by all the province of Asia and the whole world.”
- Acts 20:3 μέλλοντι
where he stayed three months. And when the Jews formed a plot against him as he was about to sail for Syria, he decided to go back through Macedonia.
- Acts 20:7 μέλλων
On the first day of the week we came together to break bread. Since Paul was ready to leave the next day, he talked to them and kept on speaking until midnight.
- Acts 20:13 μέλλοντεςμέλλων
We went on ahead to the ship and sailed to Assos, where we were to take Paul aboard. He had arranged this because he was going there on foot.
- Acts 20:38 μέλλουσιν
They were especially grieved by his statement that they would never see his face again. Then they accompanied him to the ship.
- Acts 21:27 ἔμελλον
When the seven days were almost over, some Jews from the province of Asia saw Paul at the temple. They stirred up the whole crowd and seized him,
- Acts 21:37 Μέλλων
As they were about to take Paul into the barracks, he asked the commander, “May I say something to you?” “Do you speak Greek?” he replied.
- Acts 22:16 μέλλεις
And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized, and wash your sins away, calling on His name.’