To ensue
μέλλωStrong’s G3195mellō
Appears in 107 verses of the New Testament
In short
Mellō is the Greek word usually translated “being about”, “is about” and “coming”. It appears in 107 verses of the New Testament.
“Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting.”
Meaning
Usually translated “being about”, “is about” and “coming”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- being about 17
- is about 12
- coming 10
- was about 6
- is being about 5
- he was about 5
- you are about 4
- were about 3
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 34
- Luke 12
- Revelation 12
- John 11
- Matthew 9
- Hebrews 9
18 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Timothy 4:8In contextFor bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.
- 1 Timothy 6:19In contextLaying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.
- 2 Peter 1:12In contextWherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be established in the present truth.
- 2 Peter 2:6In contextAnd turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly;
- Matthew 2:13And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.
- Matthew 3:7But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
All 107 verses, by book
Greek dictionary
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. …
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “ensue” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
ENSU'E, verb transitive
[Latin sequor, to follow. See Seek.]
All definitions and other forms of “ensue”
ENSU'E, verb intransitive
To follow as a consequence of premises; as, from these facts or this evidence, the argument will ensue
- To follow in a train of events or course of time; to succeed; to come after.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.