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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