Greek word study

μέλλωméllō I am about to

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

Translated in the King James as: 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

Appears 106 times in Scripture

Origin: a strengthened form of G3199 (μέλω) (through the idea of expectation);

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Where it appears

Matthew 9×
Matt 2:13Matt 3:7Matt 11:14Matt 12:32Matt 16:27Matt 17:12Matt 17:22Matt 20:22Matt 24:6
Mark 2×
Mark 10:32Mark 13:4
Luke 12×
Luke 3:7Luke 7:2Luke 9:31Luke 9:44Luke 10:1Luke 13:9Luke 19:4Luke 19:11Luke 21:7Luke 21:36Luke 22:23Luke 24:21
John 12×
John 4:47John 6:6John 6:15John 6:71John 7:35John 7:39John 11:51John 12:4John 12:33John 14:22John 18:32+ 1 more in John
Acts 33×
Acts 3:3Acts 5:35Acts 11:28Acts 12:6Acts 13:34Acts 16:27Acts 17:31Acts 18:14Acts 20:3Acts 20:7Acts 20:13Acts 20:38Acts 21:27Acts 21:37Acts 22:16Acts 22:26Acts 22:29Acts 23:3Acts 23:15Acts 23:20Acts 23:27Acts 24:15Acts 24:25Acts 25:4Acts 26:2+ 8 more in Acts
Romans 4×
Rom 5:14Rom 8:13Rom 8:18Rom 8:38
1 Corinthians 1×
1 Cor 3:22
Galatians 1×
Gal 3:23
Ephesians 1×
Eph 1:21
Colossians 1×
Col 2:17
1 Thessalonians 1×
1 Thess 3:4
1 Timothy 3×
1 Tim 1:161 Tim 4:81 Tim 6:19
2 Timothy 1×
2 Tim 4:1
Hebrews 9×
Heb 1:14Heb 2:5Heb 6:5Heb 8:5Heb 10:1Heb 10:27Heb 11:8Heb 11:20Heb 13:14
James 1×
James 2:12
2 Peter 2×
2 Pet 1:122 Pet 2:6
Revelation 13×
Rev 1:19Rev 2:10Rev 3:2Rev 3:10Rev 3:16Rev 6:11Rev 8:13Rev 10:4Rev 10:7Rev 12:4Rev 12:5Rev 17:8+ 1 more in Revelation

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Lexicon data: Open Scriptures Strong’s dictionaries (CC-BY-SA), Dodson Greek Lexicon (public domain). Word alignment: Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain). Self-hosted by Seen.