ἀπόληται, (apoletai) in John 3:16: Verb Third Person Singular Second Aorist Middle Subjunctive

Verb: the form names an action, state, or verbal idea. The verse determines how strongly the verbal form should be pressed.

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

Middle: presents the subject as closely involved in the action. The sentence decides the nuance.

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.

πιστεύων εἰς αὐτὸν μὴ ἀπόληται, ἀλλ᾽ ἔχῃ ζωὴν αἰώνιον.

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

ἀπόληται, is a Verb Third Person Singular Second Aorist Middle Subjunctive within "πιστεύων εἰς 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.

High: The form matters because it functions as predicate in John 3:16.

Verb Third Person Singular Second Aorist Middle Subjunctive. states the action or condition in the clause. Attached to πιστεύων εἰς 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? ἀπόληται, 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. Voice labels can be overread if they are separated from the verb and clause.

Grammar alone proves doctrine: The form supports interpretation only as it serves the verse and its context. aorist means once-for-all: Aorist aspect presents the action as a whole where context supports it; it does not automatically prove a theological once-for-all claim. voice settles agency: Voice contributes to the clause, but agency must be read from the whole sentence.

The Textus Receptus witness for John 3:16 reads ἀπόληται, with the morphology label Verb Third Person Singular Second Aorist Middle Subjunctive.

The lemma is ἀπόλλυμι. The guide uses the gloss or rendering "I destroy, lose, am perishing" only to orient this occurrence.

ἀπόληται, is a Verb Third Person Singular Second Aorist Middle Subjunctive within "πιστεύων εἰς 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 Second Aorist Middle 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.