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mellō G3195

μέλλω (mellō) means “to ensue” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

μέλλω Greek · G3195 109 tagged occurrences in 106 verses

Pronunciation guide: mel'-lo Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESG · G3195

μέλλω · mellō · 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), Act.24:25, 1Ti.4:8, Heb.2:5, al. (AS)

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Dodson Greek Lexicon

I intend, am about to; I delay, linger.

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How translators render G3195

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BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
will 8
is about 7
would 7
to come 5
about 3
coming 3
the future 3
are about 2
are you going 2
he was about 2
he was going 2
one to come 2
they were about 2
vvv 2
was about 2
was going 2
were about 2
who was about 2
you are about 2
you will 2
am 1
am going 1
and about 1
and was about 1
are you waiting for 1
as he was about 1
city that is to come 1
fine 1
future 1
going 1
he begins 1
he was later 1
he will 1
he would later 1
i am about 1
i was about 1
i will 1
intend 1
is going 1
jesus was about 1
of the coming 1
of what is coming on 1
should be 1
that there will 1
that will 1
that will be 1
they would never 1
those who are going 1
to 1
to see 1
to stand 1
was 1
was ready 1
we were to 1
we would 1
were 1
were almost 1
were later 1
when he was about 1
who was 1
will he 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
shall 10
should 10
to come 9
he should 3
things to come 3
will 3
shall be 2
that shall 2
they would 2
was 2
which shall 2
would 2
ye shall 2
about to 1
and ready 1
and would 1
are ready to 1
as he was about 1
because i shall 1
he 1
he shall begin 1
he should after 1
he was 1
he was at the point of 1
he will 1
he would 1
i was about 1
i will 1
intending 1
it shall 1
it was that should 1
meaning 1
minding 1
more 1
of him that was to come 1
of that which is to come 1
of things to come 1
one to come 1
ready 1
shall come 1
should afterwards 1
should be 1
tarriest thou 1
that 1
that should 1
that should be 1
that there shall 1
that there should 1
the 1
the time to come 1
they should 1
they that shall 1
thou doest 1
thou shalt 1
thou wilt 1
to return 1
to them which should hereafter 1
unto those that after should 1
was for 1
was now about 1
was to 1
we should 1
were almost 1
what things should 1
when he was about 1
which are yet 1
which should 1
which was ready 1
who shall 1
ye intend 1
ye would 1

Verses containing G3195

Page 2 of 3. 106 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

  1. Acts 22:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    On hearing this, the centurion went and reported it to the commander. “What are you going to do?” he said. “This man is a Roman citizen.”

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  2. Acts 22:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    At once those who were about to interrogate Paul stepped back, and the commander himself was alarmed when he realized that he had put a Roman citizen in chains.

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  3. Acts 23:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Paul said to him, “God will strike you, you whitewashed wall! You sit here to judge me according to the law, yet you yourself violate the law by commanding that I be struck.”

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  4. Acts 23:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now then, you and the Sanhedrin petition the commander to bring him down to you on the pretext of examining his case more carefully. We are ready to kill him on the way.”

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  5. Acts 23:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He answered, “The Jews have agreed to ask you to bring Paul to the Sanhedrin tomorrow on the pretext of acquiring more information about him.

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  6. Acts 23:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    This man was seized by the Jews, and they were about to kill him when I came with my troops to rescue him. For I had learned that he is a Roman citizen,

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  7. Acts 24:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and I have the same hope in God that they themselves cherish, that there will be a resurrection of both the righteous and the wicked.

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  8. Acts 24:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    As Paul expounded on righteousness, self-control, and the coming judgment, Felix became frightened and said, “You may go for now. When I find the time, I will call for you.”

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  9. Acts 25:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But Festus replied, “Paul is being held in Caesarea, and I myself am going there soon.

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  10. Acts 26:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “King Agrippa, I consider myself fortunate to stand before you today to defend myself against all the accusations of the Jews,

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  11. Acts 26:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But I have had God’s help to this day, and I stand here to testify to small and great alike. I am saying nothing beyond what the prophets and Moses said would happen:

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  12. Acts 26:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    that the Christ would suffer, and as the first to rise from the dead, would proclaim light to our people and to the Gentiles.”

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  13. Acts 27:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    We boarded an Adramyttian ship about to sail for ports along the coast of Asia, and we put out to sea. Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica, was with us.

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  14. Acts 27:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Men, I can see that our voyage will be filled with disaster and great loss, not only to ship and cargo, but to our own lives as well.”

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  15. Acts 27:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Meanwhile, the sailors attempted to escape from the ship. Pretending to lower anchors from the bow, they let the lifeboat down into the sea.

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  16. Acts 27:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Right up to daybreak, Paul kept urging them all to eat: “Today is your fourteenth day in constant suspense, without taking any food.

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  17. Acts 28:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The islanders were expecting him to swell up or suddenly drop dead. But after waiting a long time and seeing nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their minds and said he was a god.

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  18. Romans 4:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    but also for us, to whom righteousness will be credited—for us who believe in Him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead.

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  19. Romans 5:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Nevertheless, death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those who did not sin in the way that Adam transgressed. He is a pattern of the One to come.

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  20. Romans 8:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

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  21. Romans 8:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I consider that our present sufferings are not comparable to the glory that will be revealed in us.

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  22. Romans 8:38 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor principalities, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers,

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  23. 1 Corinthians 3:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future. All of them belong to you,

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  24. Galatians 3:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Before this faith came, we were held in custody under the law, locked up until faith should be revealed.

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  25. Ephesians 1:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in the present age but also in the one to come.

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  26. Colossians 2:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    These are a shadow of the things to come, but the body that casts it belongs to Christ.

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  27. 1 Thessalonians 3:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Indeed, when we were with you, we kept warning you that we would suffer persecution; and as you know, it has come to pass.

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  28. 1 Timothy 1:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But for this very reason I was shown mercy, so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display His perfect patience as an example to those who would believe in Him for eternal life.

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  29. 1 Timothy 4:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For physical exercise is of limited value, but godliness is valuable in every way, holding promise for the present life and for the one to come.

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  30. 1 Timothy 6:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    treasuring up for themselves a firm foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of that which is truly life.

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  31. 2 Timothy 4:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and in view of His appearing and His kingdom:

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  32. Hebrews 1:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Are not the angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?

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  33. Hebrews 2:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For it is not to angels that He has subjected the world to come, about which we are speaking.

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  34. Hebrews 6:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the coming age—

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  35. Hebrews 8:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The place where they serve is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle: “See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.”

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  36. Hebrews 10:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For the law is only a shadow of the good things to come, not the realities themselves. It can never, by the same sacrifices offered year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship.

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  37. Hebrews 10:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume all adversaries.

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  38. Hebrews 11:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, without knowing where he was going.

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  39. Hebrews 11:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning the future.

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  40. Hebrews 13:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For here we do not have a permanent city, but we are looking for the city that is to come.

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  41. James 2:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Speak and act as those who are going to be judged by the law that gives freedom.

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  42. 1 Peter 5:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    As a fellow elder, a witness of Christ’s sufferings, and a partaker of the glory to be revealed, I appeal to the elders among you:

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  43. 2 Peter 1:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Therefore I will always remind you of these things, even though you know them and are established in the truth you now have.

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  44. 2 Peter 2:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    if He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction, reducing them to ashes as an example of what is coming on the ungodly;

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  45. Revelation 1:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Therefore write down the things you have seen, the things that are, and the things that will happen after this.

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  46. Revelation 2:10 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison to test you, and you will suffer tribulation for ten days. Be faithful even unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.

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  47. Revelation 3:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Wake up and strengthen what remains, which is about to die; for I have found your deeds incomplete in the sight of My God.

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  48. Revelation 3:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Because you have kept My command to persevere, I will also keep you from the hour of testing that is about to come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.

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  49. Revelation 3:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to vomit you out of My mouth!

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  50. Revelation 6:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then each of them was given a white robe and told to rest a little while longer until the full number of their fellow servants, their brothers, were killed, just as they had been killed.

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