ἐπιτιθῇ (epitithe) in Revelation 22:18: Verb Third Person Singular Present Active Subjunctive

Verb: the form names an action or state, here the action of adding or placing something on or to something else.

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.

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

Singular: the form is grammatically singular and fits the one indefinite subject implied by the clause.

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

It belongs to the conditional phrase ἐάν τις ἐπιτιθῇ πρὸς ταῦτα.

It is governed by ἐάν and the indefinite subject τις, which together frame a possible case rather than a completed action.

The form describes the act of adding to the words of the prophecy, setting up the warning before the future consequence.

It does not by itself name a specific person, and it does not by itself state that the adding has already happened.

High: The subjunctive marks the warned action of adding to the prophecy.

Present active subjunctive in an if-anyone warning clause. describes the possible action that triggers the stated warning. Attached to the warning about adding to these words. Governed by the conditional phrase if anyone adds. The conditional frame is central; the form is not reporting that the action has already happened.

Is this action reported or warned against? It is warned against as a possible act of adding to the prophecy.

Direct: The form supports if anyone adds.

Present tense should not be overread as continuous repeated adding. The subjunctive marks contingency within the warning clause. The indefinite subject does not identify a specific person.

Present tense always means continuous action: The present form works in a conditional warning; the verse supplies the force.

The witness reads ἐπιτιθῇ in Revelation 22:18 within the warning, Ἐάν τις ἐπιτιθῇ πρὸς ταῦτα.

The lemma ἐπιτίθημι can mean to put, lay on, or add, and the context here points toward adding to the written words.

The conditional subjunctive fits the warning structure, showing a possible act that stands under the clause's if and not a direct report of fact.

The verse warns that anyone who adds to the words of this prophecy places himself under God's added judgment.

This fits the book's closing emphasis on preserving the prophetic words without alteration.

In teaching or translation, the form should be rendered as a contingent addition within an if-clause, not as a past or settled deed.

Do not derive certainty about the identity of the person, a completed action, or theological claims from the verb form alone.