καίουσι (kaiousin) in Matthew 5:15: Verb Third Person Plural Present Active Indicative

Verb: the form names an action, state, or verbal relationship in the clause.

Present: read the tense and aspect from this occurrence, with the sentence controlling the exact force.

Active: voice should be read from the morphology label and clause context.

Indicative: mood should serve the sentence rather than override it.

Person: the form includes person marking, so the clause identifies the grammatical subject through the verb ending.

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

Plural: the form is marked for more than one grammatical subject or referent.

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

Lamp

The lamp saying in Matthew 5:15

States the ordinary action of lighting a lamp.

Do not make the plural subject identify a specific group not named in the verse.

Medium: lamp lighting

Present plural action verb. states the action of lighting. Attached to lamp. Governed by the lamp saying in Matthew 5:15. Read with they light a lamp.

What action begins the lamp illustration? People light a lamp.

Direct: The form supports light or kindle.

This occurrence must be read within Matthew 5:15, not as a standalone word study.

The witness reads καίουσι in Matthew 5:15.

The lemma means to light or burn, and here it begins the ordinary lamp practice.

The present plural verb presents what people do with a lamp in the illustration.

Jesus moves from city visibility to the ordinary purpose of lighting a lamp.

The form supports the logic that light is meant to be visible.

Use it to introduce the lamp illustration before the contrast with hiding it.

Do not infer a separate ritual meaning from the lighting verb alone.