ΜΕΛΛΟΝΤΟΣΤΗΝ, μελλοντοστην
MELLONTOSTĒN, mellontostēn
Sounds Like: MEL-lon-TOS-teen
Translations: of the one about to be, of the future, the one about to be, the future, this, that
From the root: ΜΕΛΛΩ, ΟΥ̓͂ΤΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective, Article, Pronoun
Explanation: This word is a compound of two parts: 'ΜΕΛΛΟΝΤΟΣ' (MELLONTOS) and 'ΤΗΝ' (TĒN). 'ΜΕΛΛΟΝΤΟΣ' is the genitive singular masculine or neuter form of the present active participle of the verb 'ΜΕΛΛΩ' (MELLŌ), meaning 'to be about to' or 'to intend'. It refers to 'of the one about to be' or 'of the future'. 'ΤΗΝ' (TĒN) is the accusative singular feminine form of the definite article 'ὁ, ἡ, τό' (ho, hē, to), meaning 'the', or the demonstrative pronoun 'οὗτος, αὕτη, τοῦτο' (houtos, hautē, touto), meaning 'this' or 'that'. The combination 'ΜΕΛΛΟΝΤΟΣΤΗΝ' is highly unusual and likely a misspelling or a garbled text. It is grammatically incorrect as 'ΜΕΛΛΟΝΤΟΣ' is genitive and 'ΤΗΝ' is accusative, and they do not agree in case or gender. It is possible it is a transcription error or a very rare, non-standard compound. If it were intended to mean 'the future (feminine)', it would typically be 'τὴν μέλλουσαν' (tēn mellousan) or 'τῶν μελλόντων' (tōn mellontōn) for 'of the future things'.
Inflection: ΜΕΛΛΟΝΤΟΣ: Participle, Present, Active, Genitive, Singular, Masculine or Neuter. ΤΗΝ: Article or Pronoun, Accusative, Singular, Feminine. The combination is grammatically incongruous.
Strong’s numbers: G3195 (Lookup on BibleHub), G3778 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Unknown: Yes
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Seven — 6:22
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