μέλλω

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., Matt 2,13, Luk 10,1, ApG 3,3; 5,35, Hebr 8,5, 2 Pet 1,12 (Field, Notes, 240), al.; with inf. aor. (Bl., §58, 3), ApG 12,6, Åb 3,16;

(b) of compulsion, necessity or certainty: with inf. praes., Matt 16,27, Luk 9,31, Joh 6,71, Rom 4,24, al.; with inf. aor., Rom 8,18, Gal 3,23, Åb 3,2; 12,4.

2. Ptcp., ὁ μέλλων: absol., Rom 8,38, 1 Kor 3,22; τὰ μ., Kol 2,17 εἰς τὸ μ. (Field, Notes, 65); with subst., Matt 3,7; 12,32 (ὁ αἰὼν ὁ μ.; LXX for עַד), ApG 24,25, 1 Tim 4,8, Hebr 2,5, al.