γινώσκωσί (ginoskosin) in John 17:3: Verb Third Person Plural Present Active Subjunctive

Verb: the form names an action, state, or verbal idea. The verse determines how strongly the verbal form should be pressed.

Present: often views the action as in progress, customary, or presently in view. Context decides the exact force.

Active: presents the subject as doing or carrying the action.

Subjunctive: often presents potential, purpose, exhortation, or contingency. The clause decides the force.

Third person: the form speaks about someone or something rather than directly as I/we or you.

Plural: the verbal ending is marked for grammatical number and should be matched to its subject in the clause.

Not applicable: this verb form is not using noun case to mark its sentence role.

Not applicable: this verb form does not use grammatical gender to make its point.

ἡ αἰώνιος ζωή, ἵνα γινώσκωσί σε τὸν μόνον ἀληθινὸν

The clause of John 17:3, not the morphology label by itself

γινώσκωσί is a Verb Third Person Plural Present Active Subjunctive within "ἡ αἰώνιος ζωή, ἵνα γινώσκωσί σε τὸν μόνον ἀληθινὸν". It supplies the verbal action or state that the clause asserts.

The form does not by itself settle the whole interpretation of the verse, the full lexical range of the word, or a doctrine apart from the immediate wording and context.

Moderate: The form matters because it functions as predicate in John 17:3.

Verb Third Person Plural Present Active Subjunctive. states the action or condition in the clause. Attached to ἡ αἰώνιος ζωή, ἵνα γινώσκωσί σε τὸν μόνον ἀληθινὸν. Governed by the immediate wording of John 17:3. The syntax should be explained from the clause, not isolated from the passage.

What action or state is being asserted? γινώσκωσί should be read as predicate in John 17:3, with the surrounding words deciding the exact interpretive force.

Supporting: The form supports how John 17:3 is read, especially its predicate function, without replacing the whole clause.

The same morphology label can function differently in another verse. The immediate wording should decide the contextual force.

Grammar alone proves doctrine: The form supports interpretation only as it serves the verse and its context. present means continuous: Present forms often present action as in view, but the verse decides whether ongoing action is being stressed.

The Textus Receptus witness for John 17:3 reads γινώσκωσί with the morphology label Verb Third Person Plural Present Active Subjunctive.

The lemma is γινώσκω. The guide uses the gloss or rendering "I come to know, learn, realize" only to orient this occurrence.

γινώσκωσί is a Verb Third Person Plural Present Active Subjunctive within "ἡ αἰώνιος ζωή, ἵνα γινώσκωσί σε τὸν μόνον ἀληθινὸν". It supplies the verbal action or state that the clause asserts.

In John 17:3, the form belongs to the statement where the surrounding words determine what the reader should learn from it.

The form should be read within the passage's local argument and the wider canonical witness, not as an isolated proof.

When teaching John 17:3, use this Verb Third Person Plural Present Active Subjunctive to explain the exact form's local function first, then move carefully to interpretation from the whole clause.

Do not derive a full word study, doctrine, or interpretive conclusion from this morphology label alone. The form serves the immediate wording and context.