μέλλω; future
μελλήσω (
Matthew 24:6; and
L T Tr WH in
2 Peter 1:12); imperfect
ἔμελλον (so all editions in
Luke 9:31 (except
T WH);
John 6:6,
71 (except
R G);
John 7:39 (except
T);
John 11:51 (except
L Tr);
Acts 21:27;
Revelation 3:2 (where
R present);
Revelation 10:4 (except
L Tr)) and
ἤμελλον (so all editions in
Luke 7:2;
Luke 10:1 (except
R G);
Luke 19:4;
John 4:47;
John 12:33;
John 18:32;
Acts 12:6 (exe.
R G L);
Acts 16:27 (except
R G);
Acts 27:33 (except
R G T);
Hebrews 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,
Romans 8:38;
1 Corinthians 3:22;
εἰς τό μέλλον, for the future, hereafter,
Luke 13:9 (but see
εἰς, A. II. 2 (where Grimm supplies
ἔτος));
1 Timothy 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,
Colossians 2:17; with nouns,
ὁ αἰών ὁ μέλλων,
Matthew 12:32;
Ephesians 1:21;
ζωῆς τῆς νῦν καί τῆς μελλούσης,
1 Timothy 4:8;
τήν οἰκουμένην τήν μέλλουσαν,
Hebrews 2:5;
τῆς μελλούσης ὀργῆς Matthew 3:7;
τό κρίμα τό μέλλον,
Acts 24:25;
πόλις,
Hebrews 13:14;
τά μέλλοντα ἀγαθά,
Hebrews 9:11 (but
L Tr marginal reading
WH text
γενομένων);
Hebrews 10:1;
τοῦ μέλλοντος namely,
Ἀδάμ, i. e. the Messiah,
Romans 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,
Acts 16:27;
τελευτᾶν,
Luke 7:2;
ἀποθνῄσκειν,
John 4:47; add,
Luke 21:7;
Acts 3:3;
Acts 18:14;
Acts 20:3;
Acts 22:26;
Acts 23:27; with an infinitive passive,
Acts 21:27;
Acts 27:33, etc.
b. to intend, have in mind, think to: with an infinitive present,
Matthew 2:13;
Luke 10:1;
Luke 19:4;
John 6:6,
15;
John 7:35;
John 12:4;
John 14:22 Acts 5:35;
Acts 17:31;
Acts 20:7,
13;
Acts 22:26;
Acts 26:2;
Acts 27:30;
Hebrews 8:5; (
2 Peter 1:10 L T Tr WH);
Revelation 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)):
Acts 12:6 L T WH;
Revelation 2:10 (
βαλεῖν R G);
Revelation 3:16;
12:4; with future infinitive
ἔσεσθαι,
Acts 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:
Matthew 16:27;
Matthew 17:12;
Matthew 20:22;
Luke 9:31;
John 6:71;
John 7:39;
John 11:51;
John 12:33;
John 18:32;
Acts 20:38;
Acts 26:22,
23;
Hebrews 1:14;
Hebrews 11:8;
Revelation 2:10a;
Revelation 3:10;
Revelation 8:13, etc.;
ἡλιάς ὁ μέλλων ἔρχεσθαι,
Matthew 11:14;
ὁ μέλλων λυτροῦσθαι,
Luke 24:12;
κρίνειν,
2 Timothy 4:1 (
WH marginal reading
κρῖναι); with present infinitive passive:
Matthew 17:22;
Mark 13:4;
Luke 9:44;
Luke 19:11;
Luke 21:36;
Acts 26:22;
Romans 4:24;
1 Thessalonians 3:4;
James 2:12;
Revelation 1:19 (
Tdf. γενέσθαι);
Revelation 6:11;
τῆς μελλούσης ἀποκαλύπτεσθαι δόξης,
1 Peter 5:1; with aorist infinitive:
τήν μέλλουσαν δόξαν ἀποκαλυφθῆναι,
Romans 8:18;
τήν μέλλουσαν πίστιν ἀποκαλυφθῆναι,
Galatians 3:23; used also of those things which we infer from certain preceding events will of necessity follow: with an infinitive present,
Acts 28:6;
Romans 8:13; with an infinitive future,
Acts 27:10.
d. in general, of what is sure to happen: with an infinitive present,
Matthew 24:6;
John 6:71;
1 Timothy 1:16;
Revelation 12:5;
Revelation 17:8; with an infinitive future
ἔσεσθαι,
Acts 11:28;
Acts 24:15.
e. to be always on the point of doing without ever doing, i. e.
to delay:
τί μέλλεις;
Acts 22:16 (
Aeschylus Prom. 36;
τί μέλλετε;
Euripides, Hec. 1094;
Lucian, dial. mort. 10, 13, and often in secular authors; 4 Macc. 6:23; 9:1).
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