ἔχῃ (eche) in John 3:16: Verb Third Person Singular 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.

Singular: 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.

αὐτὸν μὴ ἀπόληται, ἀλλ᾽ ἔχῃ ζωὴν αἰώνιον.

The clause of John 3:16, not the morphology label by itself

ἔχῃ is a Verb Third Person Singular Present Active Subjunctive within "αὐτὸν μὴ ἀπόληται, ἀλλ᾽ ἔχῃ ζωὴν αἰώνιον.". 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 3:16.

Verb Third Person Singular Present Active Subjunctive. states the action or condition in the clause. Attached to αὐτὸν μὴ ἀπόληται, ἀλλ᾽ ἔχῃ ζωὴν αἰώνιον.. Governed by the immediate wording of John 3:16. The syntax should be explained from the clause, not isolated from the passage.

What action or state is being asserted? ἔχῃ should be read as predicate in John 3:16, with the surrounding words deciding the exact interpretive force.

Supporting: The form supports how John 3:16 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 3:16 reads ἔχῃ with the morphology label Verb Third Person Singular Present Active Subjunctive.

The lemma is ἔχω. The guide uses the gloss or rendering "I have, hold, possess" only to orient this occurrence.

ἔχῃ is a Verb Third Person Singular Present Active Subjunctive within "αὐτὸν μὴ ἀπόληται, ἀλλ᾽ ἔχῃ ζωὴν αἰώνιον.". It supplies the verbal action or state that the clause asserts.

In John 3:16, 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 3:16, use this Verb Third Person Singular 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.