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Lexicon :: Strong's G3195 - mellō

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μέλλω
Transliteration
mellō (Key)
Pronunciation
mel'-lo
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A strengthened form of μέλει (G3199) (through the idea of expectation)
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Strong’s Definitions

μέλλω méllō, mel'-lo; a strengthened form of G3199 (through the idea of expectation); 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):—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.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 110x

The KJV translates Strong's G3195 in the following manner: shall (25x), should (20x), would (9x), to come (9x), will (7x), things to come (4x), not translated (3x), miscellaneous (33x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 110x
The KJV translates Strong's G3195 in the following manner: shall (25x), should (20x), would (9x), to come (9x), will (7x), things to come (4x), not translated (3x), miscellaneous (33x).

  1. to be about

    1. to be on the point of doing or suffering something

    2. to intend, have in mind, think to

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
μέλλω méllō, mel'-lo; a strengthened form of G3199 (through the idea of expectation); 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):—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.
STRONGS G3195:
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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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
2:13; 3:7; 11:14; 12:32; 16:27; 17:12; 17:22; 20:22; 24:6; 24:6
Mark
13:4
Luke
7:2; 7:2; 9:31; 9:31; 9:44; 10:1; 10:1; 13:9; 19:4; 19:4; 19:11; 21:7; 21:36; 24:12
John
4:47; 4:47; 6:6; 6:6; 6:15; 6:71; 6:71; 6:71; 7:35; 7:39; 7:39; 11:51; 11:51; 12:4; 12:33; 12:33; 14:22; 18:32; 18:32
Acts
3:3; 5:35; 11:28; 12:6; 12:6; 16:27; 16:27; 17:31; 18:14; 20:3; 20:7; 20:13; 20:38; 21:27; 21:27; 22:16; 22:26; 22:26; 23:27; 23:30; 24:15; 24:25; 26:2; 26:22; 26:22; 26:23; 27:10; 27:30; 27:33; 27:33; 28:6
Romans
4:24; 5:14; 8:13; 8:18; 8:38
1 Corinthians
3:22
Galatians
3:23
Ephesians
1:21
Colossians
2:17
1 Thessalonians
3:4
1 Timothy
1:16; 4:8; 6:19
2 Timothy
4:1
Hebrews
1:14; 2:5; 8:5; 9:11; 10:1; 11:8; 11:8; 13:14
James
2:12
1 Peter
5:1
2 Peter
1:10; 1:12
Revelation
1:19; 2:10; 2:10; 3:2; 3:10; 3:16; 6:11; 8:13; 10:4; 10:4; 12:4; 12:5; 17:8

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3195 matches the Greek μέλλω (mellō),
which occurs 14 times in 14 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:22 - But the two children struggled with each other in her womb. So she went to ask the LORD about it. “Why is this happening to me?” she asked.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:25 - They were told they would be eating there, so they prepared their gifts for Joseph’s arrival at noon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:12 - Now go! I will be with you as you speak, and I will instruct you in what to say.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:8 - Let those who are experts at cursing—
whose cursing could rouse Leviathan[fn]—
curse that day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:25 - “But as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives,
and he will stand upon the earth at last.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 26:2 - “How you have helped the powerless!
How you have saved the weak!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 65:1 - For the choir director: A song. A psalm of David.

What mighty praise, O God,
belongs to you in Zion.
We will fulfill our vows to you,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:18 - A hot-tempered person starts fights;
a cool-tempered person stops them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 15:7 - The people grab their possessions
and carry them across the Ravine of Willows.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:24 - Does a farmer always plow and never sow?
Is he forever cultivating the soil and never planting?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 47:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:13 - All the advice you receive has made you tired.
Where are all your astrologers,
those stargazers who make predictions each month?
Let them stand up and save you from what the future holds.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:6 - You have heard my predictions and seen them fulfilled,
but you refuse to admit it.
Now I will tell you new things,
secrets you have not yet heard.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:5 - They hatch deadly snakes
and weave spiders’ webs.
Whoever falls into their webs will die,
and there’s danger even in getting near them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:10 - This is what the LORD says: “You will be in Babylon for seventy years. But then I will come and do for you all the good things I have promised, and I will bring you home again.
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