Greek · Strong's G3195 · Verb

μέλλω

mellō

to ensue

111times used
108verses
18books

How it's translated

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…

The forms it takes

Tense

  • Present 82% ongoing or repeated action
  • Imperfect 16% ongoing action in the past
  • Future 2% something still to come

Mood and form

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Its meaning group

Time › A Point of Time with Reference to Other Points of Time: Before, Long Ago, Now, At the Same Time, When, About, After 87% of uses

Time › Duration of Time with Reference to Some Point of Time: Until, Delay, Still, From 7% of uses

Mode › Necessary, Unnecessary 6% of uses

Where it appears

Matthewacross the New TestamentRevelation

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Every verse

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