What does ἐνίστημι · μέλλω mean in the Bible?
e. (reflexively) impend, (participle) be instant".
Greek · G1764, G3195
ἐνεστῶτα οὔτε μέλλοντα
Be present · to ensue
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ἐνίστημι G1764 be present
Pronunciation enístēmi
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μέλλω G3195 to ensue
Pronunciation méllō
Expresses certainty of future action, whether from intention, compulsion, or divine necessity.
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What does ἐνεστῶτα οὔτε μέλλοντα (enestōta oute mellonta) mean in the Bible?
ἐνίστημι · μέλλω is a Greek phrase meaning "to place on hand, i.e. (reflexively) impend, (participle) be instant".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G1764, G3195?
G1764, G3195 is connected to 7 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. to place on hand, i.e. (reflexively) impend, (participle) be instant
Source Gloss
to place on hand, i.e. (reflexively) impend, (participle) be instant
Grammatical Forms
How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 2 Aligned forms 7 Tenses Perfect, Future Voices Active, Middle
Tenses
Voices
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 5×
Perfect Active Rom 8:38 · 1 Cor 3:22 · 1 Cor 7:26 · Gal 1:4 · Heb 9:9 5×
Indicative states a fact or reality 2×
Perfect Active 2 Thess 2:2 1×
Future Middle 2 Tim 3:1 1×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 109 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
present 89 imperfect 18 future 2
Voice
active 109
Mood
participle 53 indicative 47 infinitive 6 subjunctive 3
NT Occurrences
Matthew 2:13 μέλλει present active indicative ongoing Matthew 3:7 μελλούσης present active participle participle Matthew 11:14 μέλλων present active participle participle Matthew 12:32 μέλλοντι present active participle participle Matthew 16:27 μέλλει present active indicative ongoing Matthew 17:12 μέλλει present active indicative ongoing Matthew 17:22 Μέλλει present active indicative ongoing Matthew 20:22 μέλλω present active indicative ongoing Matthew 24:6 μελλήσετε future active indicative prospective Mark 10:32 μέλλοντα present active participle participle Mark 13:4 μέλλῃ present active subjunctive subjunctive Luke 3:7 μελλούσης present active participle participle Luke 7:2 ἤμελλεν imperfect active indicative background Luke 9:31 ἤμελλεν imperfect active indicative background Luke 9:44 μέλλει present active indicative ongoing Luke 10:1 ἤμελλεν imperfect active indicative background Luke 13:9 μέλλον present active participle participle Luke 19:11 μέλλει present active indicative ongoing Luke 19:4 ἤμελλεν imperfect active indicative background Luke 21:36 μέλλοντα present active participle participle Luke 21:7 μέλλῃ present active subjunctive subjunctive Luke 22:23 μέλλων present active participle participle Luke 24:21 μέλλων present active participle participle John 4:47 ἤμελλεν imperfect active indicative background John 6:15 μέλλουσιν present active indicative ongoing John 6:6 ἔμελλεν imperfect active indicative background John 6:71 ἔμελλεν imperfect active indicative background John 7:35 μέλλει present active indicative ongoing John 7:35 μέλλει present active indicative ongoing John 7:39 ἔμελλον imperfect active indicative background John 11:51 ἔμελλεν imperfect active indicative background John 12:33 ἤμελλεν imperfect active indicative background John 12:4 μέλλων present active participle participle John 14:22 μέλλεις present active indicative ongoing John 18:32 ἤμελλεν imperfect active indicative background Acts 3:3 μέλλοντας present active participle participle Acts 5:35 μέλλετε present active indicative ongoing Acts 11:28 μέλλειν present active infinitive infinitive Acts 12:6 ἤμελλεν imperfect active indicative background Acts 13:34 μέλλοντα present active participle participle
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Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Word Origins
ἐνεστῶτα οὔτε μέλλοντα is built from these roots:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain