ἐλθέτω· (eltheto) in Revelation 22:17: Verb Third Person Singular Second Aorist Active Imperative

Verb: the form names an action or summons to action, not a person or thing.

Second Aorist: commonly views the action as a whole event. It should not be treated as automatically punctiliar or automatically past in every context.

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

Imperative: presents the verbal idea as a command, appeal, or summons to action.

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 singular in agreement, and here it addresses one implied subject or addressee.

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

The form is attached to ὁ διψῶν in the invitation line, after the call and before the command to receive.

It is governed by the surrounding invitation style in the verse, where repeated commands address the hearer directly and call for response.

It functions as a singular imperative, urging the thirsty one to come as part of the open invitation of the verse.

It does not by itself identify a different subject, tense sequence, or doctrinal category beyond the command spoken in context.

High: The third person imperative applies the invitation to the thirsty one in Revelation's closing appeal.

Second aorist active imperative, third person singular. summons the thirsty one to come as the expected responder. Attached to the phrase the one who thirsts. Governed by the invitation sequence in Revelation 22:17. The third person command form has exhortation force rather than a mere statement about someone else.

Who is invited by this command? The thirsty one is summoned to come.

Direct: The form directly supports a rendering such as let the one who thirsts come.

Aorist imperative should not be reduced to past time or a once-for-all formula. Third person imperative can sound like let him come in English, but it still carries summons force. The surrounding invitation explains who the thirsty one is in the sentence.

Third person form is only description: The imperative mood gives the line exhortation force, not mere description. aorist imperative proves once-for-all response: The form should not be pressed beyond the invitation's own wording.

The witness reads ἐλθέτω in Revelation 22:17, within the repeated invitation of the verse.

The lemma ἔρχομαι means to come or go, so the form keeps that basic movement sense in command form.

Here the third person singular imperative frames the thirsty one as the expected responder, matching the verse's open summons.

The verse invites the thirsty to come and receive the water of life freely, and this form contributes the summons to approach.

This fits the passage's wider theme of gracious invitation and response without requiring the form to carry more than its contextual force.

In teaching or translation, the form should be rendered as an exhortation or invitation that sounds direct and personal.

Do not derive a hidden subject, a gendered theology, or a change in lexical meaning from the imperative form alone.