μωρανθῇ, (moranthe) in Matthew 5:13: Verb Third Person Singular Aorist Passive Subjunctive
μωρανθῇ, (moranthe) in Matthew 5:13
Textual Witness
The witness reads μωρανθῇ, in Matthew 5:13.
How The Form Affects Interpretation
Turns the salt image into a serious warning about lost usefulness.
How To Communicate It
Use it to explain the conditional warning, not as a standalone statement about salvation mechanics.
What Not To Say
- Grammatical form should serve context, not override it.
- Keep the form tied to Matthew 5:13.
- Do not detach it from the conditional clause in Matthew 5:13.
- Do not use morphology alone to build a complete doctrinal claim.
What Does The Label Mean?
Verb: the form names an action, state, or verbal relationship in the clause.
Aorist: read the tense and aspect from this occurrence, with the sentence controlling the exact force.
Passive: voice should be read from the morphology label and clause context.
Subjunctive: 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.
Singular: the form is marked for a single grammatical subject or referent.
Not applicable: this verb form does not use grammatical gender to make its point.
What The Form Does In This Verse
If the salt
The conditional clause in Matthew 5:13
States the feared condition in which the salt becomes useless or tasteless.
Do not press the passive form into a detailed mechanism for how the loss happens.
How Much The Form Matters Here
High: warning condition
Subjunctive warning verb. states the condition being warned against. Attached to if the salt. Governed by the conditional clause in Matthew 5:13. Read with if the salt loses its savor.
What danger does Jesus introduce? He warns about salt becoming useless for its intended role.
Moderate: The form can be communicated as loses its savor or becomes useless, with the image controlling the sense.
This occurrence must be read within Matthew 5:13, not as a standalone word study.
How The Interpretation Is Derived
The witness reads μωρανθῇ, in Matthew 5:13.
The lemma can carry the idea of becoming foolish, dull, or useless, and in this salt image it describes loss of proper function.
The subjunctive appears inside the if clause and frames the condition Jesus warns about.
Jesus warns that salt which loses its distinct usefulness is no longer fit for its purpose.
The form keeps the warning tied to faithful witness rather than abstract speculation about salt.
Use it to explain the conditional warning, not as a standalone statement about salvation mechanics.
Do not derive a full doctrine of apostasy or perseverance from this verb form alone.